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Maria Pepe (born 1960) was one of the first girls to play Little League Baseball after Little League officially banned girls from participating in 1951.. In 1972, at age 12, she pitched three Little League games for the Young Democrats team in Hoboken, New Jersey. [1]
Carolyn King (born 1961 [1]) was one of the first girls ever to play Little League Baseball, and was the centerpiece in a landmark sexual discrimination lawsuit in 1974.. In 1973, Carolyn tried out for a spot in the Ypsilanti American Little League in Ypsilanti, Michigan, despite the fact that Little League had a rule that specifically prohibited girls from trying out.
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.
[33] [34] Due to a lawsuit brought on behalf of Maria Pepe by the National Organization for Women, in 1974 the New Jersey Superior Court decided that Little League Baseball must allow girls to play. [35] [36] In the final week of December 1974, President Gerald Ford signed into law a bill that opened Little League Baseball to girls. [37]
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 ...
1943–54 – The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was started by Philip Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley's Chewing Gum. 1944–54 – The National Girls Baseball League was founded by Charles Bidwell, owner of the Chicago Cardinals. The league consisted of teams in Chicago and operated for 11 seasons.
The 1976 Little League World Series took place between August 24 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Chofu Little League of Tokyo , Japan , defeated the Campbell Little League of Campbell, California , in the championship game of the 30th Little League World Series .
Jenny Fulle was the first girl to legally play Little League baseball in the United States. Undeterred, Fulle wrote a letter to the President of the United States, Richard Nixon , in March of that year, stating in her letter that, "Most girls who even want to try out are good enough to at least make minor without any trouble.