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In 1970, an elementary school teacher named Pat Palinkas walked onto the field for the Orlando Panthers and became the first woman to play professional football. She made national headlines, and then, almost as quickly, the world forgot. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/joydrops-sho...
JoyDrops: Short Films Big on Inspiration and Bigger Awards Aspirations - Good News Network
JoyDrops: Short Films With Big Hearts and Even Bigger Ambitions Good News Network and Switchboard Magazine have joined forces on JoyDrops, a curated slate of awards-season documentary short films that...
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November 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
‘Panther Pat’ Shines a Light on the Nearly Forgotten First Woman to Play Pro Football: JoyDrops champions awards-eligible documentary shorts about joy, a counterweight to a category often dominated by tragedy. Good… @goodnewsnetwork.org #PantherPat #WomenInSports #ProFootball #Documentary #JoyDrops
‘Panther Pat’ Shines a Light on the Nearly Forgotten First Woman to Play Pro Football
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 […] The post ‘Panther Pat’ Shines a Light on the Nearly Forgotten First Woman to Play Pro Football appeared first on Good News Network.
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