Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel lived as a couple behind closed doors for seven decades, careful to hide their same-sex romance from society.
Now, a new Netflix film, “A Secret Love,” documents the women’s clandestine love story and their decision to live out their final chapter as an openly gay couple.
Both from Canada, Donahue was 22 and Henschel 18 when they met in 1947. Donahue was a catcher for the Peoria Redwings in Illinois in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League,