Baseball player Mamie Johnson was one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues, and was the first female pitcher. Johnson was born in Ridgeway, South Carolina, and was the daughter of Gentry Harrison and Della Belton Havelow. As a young girl, she stayed in the yard playing baseball every chance she could get. […]
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