Dolly Vardens (baseball team)
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Dolly Vardens was the first known women’s African American
baseball
team. It was formed in Philadelphia in 1867.
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team. It was formed in Philadelphia in 1867.