female milestone (answered)

[Dr. Duran Duran]

Who was the first woman to own a professional team and what team did she achieve this feat with?

[zepfan]

Time: 24.80 seconds

Schott 1967 guess

[howardryan6]

Time: 25.09 seconds

Women don't matter.

[jfg]

Time: 49.85 seconds

Effa Manney Newark Eagles

[Accepted as answer by Tavish on Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:57 am EST.]

[mclusky]

Time: 1 minutes, 4.58 seconds

effa manley, newark eagles

[Ramzavail]

Time: 1 minutes, 10.73 seconds

The first woman owner of a major league team was Helene Britton, who owned the St. Louis Cardinals from 1911 to 1917.

[utterchaos]

Time: 2 minutes, 0.86 seconds

Helen Britton of the Cardinals

[Dr. Duran Duran]

The Negro League club Newark Eagles was owner and operated by Effa Manley.

[hanram11]

The Negro League club Newark Eagles was owner and operated by Effa Manley.

[mclusky]

[quote="hanram11"][/quote]
Yeah, Britton predates Effa Manley - 1911. She may not be the answer to the question as phrased either, since there were hundreds, maybe thousands, of professional baseball teams operating between 1870 and 1910 and there's a distinct possibility that one or dozens of them were owned by women.

But Britton is the best documented answer, at any rate.