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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Publication date
March 17, 2011
Pages
227
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781597975469
ISBN-10
159797546X
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.75 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$29.95
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Never one to mince words, Effa Manley once wrote a letter to sportswriter Art Carter, saying that she hoped they could meet soon because âI would like to tell you a lot of things you should know about baseball.â
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From 1936 to 1948, Manley ran the Negro league Newark Eagles that her husband, Abe, owned for roughly a decade. Because of her business acumen, commitment to her players, and larger-than-life personality, she would leave an indelible mark not only on baseball but also on American history. Attending her first ownersâ meeting in 1937, Manley delivered an unflattering assessment of the league, prompting Pittsburgh Crawfords owner Gus Greenlee to tell Abe, âKeep your wife at home.â Abe, however, was not convinced, nor was Manley deterred. Like Greenlee, some players thought her too aggressive and inflexible. Others adored her. Regardless of their opinions, she dedicated herself to empowering them on and off the field. She meted out discipline, advice, and support in the form of raises, loans, job recommendations, and Christmas packages, and she even knocked heads with Branch Rickey, Bill Veeck, and Jackie Robinson.
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Not only a story of Manleyâs influence on the baseball world, The Most Famous Woman in Baseball vividly documents her social activism. Her life played out against the backdrop of the Jim Crow years, when discrimination forced most of Newarkâs blacks to live in the Third Ward, where prostitution flourished, housing was among the nationâs worst, and only menial jobs were available. Manley and the Eagles gave African Americans a haven, Ruppert Stadium. She also proposed reforms at the Negro leaguesâ team ownersâ meetings, marched on picket lines, sponsored charity balls and benefit games, and collected money for the NAACP. With vision, beauty, intelligence, discipline, and an acerbic wit, Manley was a force of natureâand, as Bob Luke shows, one to be reckoned with.
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Hardcover
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from Potomac Books Inc (March 17, 2011)
9781597975469 | details & prices | 227 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Never one to mince words, Effa Manley once wrote a letter to sportswriter Art Carter, saying that she hoped they could meet soon because âI would like to tell you a lot of things you should know about baseball.
About: Never one to mince words, Effa Manley once wrote a letter to sportswriter Art Carter, saying that she hoped they could meet soon because âI would like to tell you a lot of things you should know about baseball.
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