CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the ...

#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the National Association of Baseball Leagues for refusing her contract on the ground women could not be baseball umpires.

She resigns after her first game as an umpire, citing the level of harassment she received on and off the field.

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