Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Fulfilling a dream
Associated Press · August 19, 1971
Jackie Jackson, who pitches and plays first base in a men's unified softball league, wants to become the first woman to play professional baseball. Miss Jackson, a 23-year-old cost analyst, has been granted a tryout Saturday with the Pittsfield Senators, Washington's Eastern League Franchise in Massachusetts. "I grew up with a bat in my hand," she said.
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