Toni Stone
In 1953, she became the first woman to play as a regular on an American major-level professional baseball team.
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Wilma Briggs
Left-fielder played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the 1940s and 1950s.
Mildred “Babe”Didrikson Zaharias
One of America’s foremost female athletes, Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias was an Olympic gold medal winner who broke world records in multiple sports and went on to found the Ladies Pro Golf Association.
Helene Hathaway Britton
Helene Hathaway Robison Britton was the first woman to own a Major League Baseball franchise. She owned the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team of the National League from 1911 through 1916, having inherited the franchise upon the death of her father, Frank, and uncle, Stanley Robison.
Britton attended National League owner meetings where other owners spent time trying to persuade her to sell the team because she was a woman. She sold the team in 1917.