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    First woman Governor and the first woman Secretary of State

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  1. The Parks and Recreation Department organizes adult (18 years of age and older) softball leagues and tournaments for formed teams at Desert West, Papago and Rose Mofford softball complexes. To participate in adult softball leagues/tournaments, players must be part of an established team.

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    • Making A Splash in Politics
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    • Doing Good in The Community

    Mofford was an Arizonan through and through. She was born June 10, 1922 in Globe, about 90 miles east of the state capitol building where she would later serve. She was born to John and Francis Perica, both immigrants from Austria-Hungary, and was the youngest of six children. Her father worked as a hoist engineer in the copper mines and her mother...

    While attending Globe High, Mofford was contacted by the Cantaloupe Queens, an all-female amateur softball team. She played 20 games with the team, crossing 33 state lines in the process. She even played three games at the world-famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. “I attribute all of my success — besides my parents, of course — to sports...

    Though she is most famous for serving as Arizona’s first woman governor, Mofford’s career in public service began 47 years prior to her taking the helm of the state. Mofford was hired out of high school by State Treasurer Joe Hunt and moved to Phoenix. She was his secretary. She had planned on accepting a scholarship to the University of Arizona to...

    Mofford did not call it a career after she left the public sphere. She spent her latter years supporting charities (more on that later) and working several different jobs, some of which were in politics. But few know about her appreciation for salsa. Mofford trademarked her own brand, Rose’s Salsa, in 1996. The company was based in Tucson, but furt...

    Helping people was a theme for Mofford and that carried over to her time outside of politics as well. As previously mentioned, Mofford cared greatly for the elderly, the disabled and children. She served on many boards and committees and worked with foundationsto improve lives, including the Mercy Care Foundation, the Crime Prevention League and th...

  2. Rose Mofford. An outstanding player in her own right, Rose Mofford has been one of the driving forces behind softball in Arizona. An organizer of the Arizona Softball Foundation, she has served the past four years as chairman of the Foundation’s annual Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet. She is a charter member of the Arizona Softball Foundation ...

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  3. Sep 15, 2016 · Rose Mofford, the scrappy softball player from Globe who would make history by becoming Arizona's first woman secretary of state and governor, has died. She was 94. Mofford, who lived in the...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rose_MoffordRose Mofford - Wikipedia

    She played basketball and was an All-American softball player. [4] She graduated in 1939 as class valedictorian and, based upon her father's advice, turned down an opportunity to play professional basketball with the All American Red Heads. [5] Career.

  5. This softball complex was named after the 18th Govenor of Arizona. Rose is 92, and still alive living in Globe. It a good location for softball tournaments. Various national orginaization hold tournaments here. I've been here coming here for 6 years, as I have three daughters playing club softball. Fields are well taken care of.

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