Today we celebrate the great Effa Manley. Find her influence and legacy on the Women's Baseball Heritage Trail: wbht.org #EffaManley #WBHT #WomensHistoryMonth

On what would have been her 129th birthday, and in celebration of the Newark Eagles' 1946 championship, we invite you to learn more about Effa Manley - team owner, savvy businesswoman, and fierce civil rights advocate. #EffaManley #WomensHistoryMonth #ReadBaseball

Effa Manley's papers housed at the Newark Public Library constitute an operational history of the Newark Eagles. Find access to this and more on the wbht.org. #Juneteenth #WBHT #WomeninBaseball #EffaManley

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Join us this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ET for what is guaranteed to be an evening of phenomenal storytelling with Jerry Izenberg. We’ll be talking #NewJersey, #baseball, the #NegroLeagues, #EffaManley, #LarryDoby, #MonteIrvin & more!

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Check out this 1977 oral history interview with Effa Manley. She was born on this date in 1897. #EffaManley #WomensHistoryMonth
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Today we celebrate the great Effa Manley. Find her influence and legacy on the Women's Baseball Heritage Trail: wbht.org #EffaManley #WBHT #WomensHistoryMonth

Effa Manley was born 3/27/1897

She owned and managed the Newark Eagles and is the ONLY woman individually enshrined in Cooperstown. For more about her visit our IG or FB accounts.

#WomensHistoryMonth #OpeningDay #EffaManley

New Jersey sites on the Women's Baseball Heritage Trail include the Newark Public Library's collection of papers from Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles. Visit wbht.org for links to this collection and more! #EffaManley #BHM #WBHT