Margaret Donahue

Margaret Donahue (December 13, 1892 – January 30, 1978) was a baseball executive for the Chicago Cubs. She was the first woman to be a front-office executive for a MLB team without being also a team owner.

She started her major league career in 1919, being hired by William Veeck Sr. as a stenographer for the Cubs. She became a corporate secretary by 1926. Donahue came up with an idea to revolutionize season ticket-holding by selling tickets for the whole season, complete with selling away from the team box office and instead selling them at Western Union locations.

She would retire in 1958, as the vice president of the Cubs and was considered the leading expert on baseball waiver transactions.[1]

References

Castle, George; Fletcher, David. "Margaret Donahue". sabr.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

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[1] Castle, George; Fletcher, David. "Margaret Donahue". sabr.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

[2] Clubhouse Manager

[3] Public Address Announcer

Members of the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame
Pitchers	Alexander M. Brown Clarkson Griffith Holtzman Jenkins Maddux Overall Root Reulbach Reuschel Smith Sutcliffe Sutter Vaughn
Catchers	Grimm Hartnett Hundley Kelly
Infielders	Banks Beckert Buckner Chance Evers Herman Kessinger Sandberg Santo Tinker Zimmerman
Outfielders	Cuyler Dawson Lange Pafko Ryan Sauer Schulte Stephenson Williams Wilson
Managers	Boudreau Cavarretta Durocher Hack Hornsby McCarthy Yosh Kawano[lower-alpha 1]
Executives	Donahue Hulbert Spalding PK Wrigley Wrigley, Jr. Wrigley, III
Broadcasters	Brickhouse Caray Pieper[lower-alpha 2]
Footnotes	Clubhouse Manager Public Address Announcer