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National Museum of American History | Marge Villa: Breaking Gender Barriers | Margaret Salazar-Porzio @SmithsonianAmHistory | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
Margaret (Marge) Villa was among the very few women professional baseball players and a record-setting catcher. Villa broke gender barriers in the early ’40s at age 16 while playing in East Los Angeles, California.

Margaret (Margie) Salazar-Porzio is a curator of Latinx History at the National Museum of American History.

Margaret (Marge) Villa fue una de las poquísimas mujeres peloteras profesionales y estableció récords como receptora. Villa rompió las barreras de género con apenas de 16 años de edad en la década de 1940, jugando en el Este de Los Ángeles, California.

Margaret (Margie) Salazar-Porzio es curadora de Historia Latinx en el Museo Nacional De Historia Americana.

Educators! Want to include Margie's story in your teaching? Check out the learning lab that goes with this video: https://learninglab.si.edu/q/ll-c/h5LCVTa7XzsWuMJe
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Marge Villa: Breaking Gender Barriers | Margaret Salazar-Porzio @SmithsonianAmHistory

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