On today's date in 1931, "17-year old Jackie Mitchell, the first woman to play baseball in the minor leagues and be signed to an all-male team as a pitcher, pitches an exhibition game against NY Yankees and strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The next day, the Baseball Commissioner voided her contract, claiming baseball was too strenuous for women. The ban was not overturned until 1992." (From The National Women's History Project.) Also, today is foreign correspondant Georgie Anne Geyer's birthday.
The Women's History Project
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