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A court case began on Pepe's behalf, which was supported by NOW. Ultimately, in 1974, the New Jersey Superior Court decided that Little League Baseball must allow girls to play. [4] [1] Pepe became a minor celebrity and drew media attention to various women's causes at the time. [1] [4] The New York Yankees made her an honorary "Yankee for a ...
2004 – John Kovach, manager of the South Bend Blue Sox Women's Baseball Club, director of the Great Lakes Women's Baseball League, and AAU Women's Baseball Youth Baseball Chair, worked out a proposal with Little League Baseball to use the Michiana Girls' Baseball League as a model league to develop girls' Little League baseball programs ...
There not being a rule against it, 12-year-old Kathryn Johnston of Corning, New York became the first girl to play Little League Baseball in 1950. Johnston played first base for the King's Dairy team. [32] After that, a rule prohibited girls from playing in Little League; this was in force until 1974.
Lots of young girls play Little League baseball, but few stick around to play in the competitive divisions. At Brick for example, 53 of the league's 560 registered players are girls. Most are in ...
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The 12-year-old Weaver is just the 22nd girl to play in the tournament’s history. The first Little League World Series was held in 1947. With bases empty, Stella hit a hard grounder to short and ...
The following year, a second league was formed in Williamsport, and Little League Baseball grew to become an international organization with nearly 200,000 teams in every U.S. state and more than 80 countries. [6] Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar was the first woman to play in a Little League baseball game, in 1950.