| rdfs:comment | - Georgia Frontiere (November 21, 1927 – January 18, 2008) was the majority owner and chairman of the St. Louis Rams football team and the most prominent female owner in a league historically dominated by males. During her nearly three decades in charge (1979–2008), the Rams made the playoffs 14 seasons, played in 25 postseason games, won 13 postseason games, reached the Super Bowl three times and won the championship game once in 2000. Her commitment to the team earned her the nickname “Madame Ram."
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| abstract | - Georgia Frontiere (November 21, 1927 – January 18, 2008) was the majority owner and chairman of the St. Louis Rams football team and the most prominent female owner in a league historically dominated by males. During her nearly three decades in charge (1979–2008), the Rams made the playoffs 14 seasons, played in 25 postseason games, won 13 postseason games, reached the Super Bowl three times and won the championship game once in 2000. Her commitment to the team earned her the nickname “Madame Ram." Also a philanthropist, Frontiere created the St. Louis Rams Foundation, sat on the board of the local United Way chapter, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and the American Foundation for AIDS Research and made numerous charitable contributions both to the arts and to other organizations in St. Louis and elsewhere.
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