JERSEY PROUD: Hoboken celebrates 50 years since girls first allowed to play Little League

Girls have been allowed to play Little League Baseball for the last 50 years all thanks to a young girl named Maria Pepe, from Hoboken.

News 12 Staff

Apr 13, 2022, 2:55 AM

Updated 890 days ago

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Girls have been allowed to play Little League Baseball for the last 50 years all thanks to a young girl named Maria Pepe, from Hoboken.
Pepe wanted to play and her parents sued the league to let her in.
Fifty years later and Pepe is still living in the area and attended the Little League parade in Hoboken.