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Kim Ng, former White Sox intern, is now highest ranking woman in MLB: 'Nothing should hold women back'

As a public policy major and softball player at the University of Chicago, Kim Ng wrote a thesis paper on Title IX, opening her eyes to the challenges and opportunities for women with careers in sports.

The daughter of a banker and a financial analyst in New York, she was interviewing for jobs in investment banking. She thought if she found a career in athletics, it would be for sports like tennis or golf - and probably in the marketing department.

Then, she heard through the university in 1990 that the White Sox were looking for an

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