‘Panther Pat’ Shines a Light on the Nearly Forgotten First Woman to Play Pro Football

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JoyDrops champions awards-eligible documentary shorts about joy, a counterweight to a category often dominated by tragedy. Good News Network has partnered with JoyDrops to spotlight these films and talk with the filmmakers behind them. In 1970, an elementary school teacher named Pat Palinkas walked onto the field for the Orlando Panthers and became the first