If African-American ballplayers had a terrible go of it, can you imagine what female African-American ballplayers had to deal with?
From the New York Times‘ obituary by Daniel E. Slotnick
Mamie Johnson, one of a handful of women to play in baseball’s Negro leagues in the early 1950s — and the only one known to pitch — died on Monday in a Washington hospital. She was 82.
She was the subject of A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson
Here are another couple of iconic pictures of Johnson in “action.”
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Some more links to tributes:
- From Deadspin: Mamie Johnson, Woman Who Pitched In Negro Leagues, Dead At 82
- From The Undefeated: Remembering Mamie “Peanut” Johnson
- From MLB.com: Negro Leagues pioneer ‘Peanut’ Johnson dies
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