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Baseball's leading lady Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues

"The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--

Main Author: Williams, Andrea (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Manley, Effa, > 1897-1981 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Negro leagues > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Baseball > United States > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Baseball team owners > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Women baseball team owners > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
Summary: "The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--
Physical Description: viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Audience: Ages 10-14
Grades 4-6
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781250623720
1250623723
Author Notes: Andrea Williams is an author and journalist who worked in marketing and development for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, before turning to writing full-time. She now lives and writes in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and four children.

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