Effa Manley
Baseball
Effa Louise Manley (March 27, 1897 – April 16, 1981) was an American sports executive. She co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley from 1935 to 1946 and was sole owner through 1948 after his death on December 9, 1952. Throughout that time, she served as the team\'s business manager and fulfilled many of her husband\'s duties as treasurer of the Negro National League. She was the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.\n', '
Manley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended school. In 1916, she graduated from Penn Central High School, completing vocational training there in cooking, oral expression and sewing. She entered the hatmaking business.\n', '
Manley\'s racial background is not completely known. It has been written her biological parents may have been white (her mother was black, albeit fair-ski…
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