MARCH 27: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Effa Manley

Effa Manley, co-owner and manager with husband Abe of the Negro League baseball team the Brooklyn Eagles (1935-46), was born today in 1897. She supported integration with the NAACP, worked hard to get Negro League players included in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez, a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist, was born today in 1950. Her first novel How the García Girls Lost Their Accents was highly acclaimed for its portrayal of the integration of Latina immigrants into the U.S. mainstream.

Pamela Gordon

Pamela Gordon became Bermuda's first woman prime minister today in 1997.

Mariah Carey

Sarah Vaughan

Deeper Dive

Effa Manley: business woman, community leader, socialite, baseball executive, Hall of Famer. Learn more about her life here.