"Toni Stone played second base for a lot of years, beginning with a semi-pro men’s team when she was just 15, and wound up in the Negro Leagues, where a female ball player in the 30s was no more welcome than her black male counterparts were in MLB."
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Nancy Doublin, "No Girls Allowed: Why Aren't There Any Women In MLB?", Bleacher Report, (September 1, 2010).
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