Scandalous Women Presents the other Elizabeth Mahon
Recently I was contacted by a producer from NPR about appearing on one of his shows. As we were talking me mentioned that when he'd Googled me, another Elizabeth Mahon came up. One who played for the All-American Girls Professional Balseball League during World War II. How cool is that? The other Elizabeth 'Lib' Mahon was born the same year my mother was, 1919, in Greenville, South Carolina. Like me, Elizabeth was a Scorpio, born on November 18th. This is her baseball card. She played outfield and second base, and batted and pitched right-handed. Truthfully, I suck at sports, particularly baseball. I think I hit the ball once in softball one summer at day camp, and let's not talk about how I played in the outfield. Lucky for me, when we played softball in gym, none of us could really hit the ball, so I spent most of my time in the outfield doing absolutely nothing! So I find it amazing that someone I share a name with was a professional athelete! Lib played