Women in Baseball - Linedrives and Lipstick
Channel: San Francisco Public Library
Date: 2014-03-06

Five authors describe the 250 years of women in baseball, as part of the opening day for Linedrives and Lipstick at the Main Library. David Block shares the earliest references to the game in England, Dorothy Mills describes the first American college girls that played, Leslie Heaphy shows historical photos of the Negro Leagues, sports writer Jean Ardell covers the last few decades of acceptance, and Monica Nucciarone describes what it's like for women who want to write about baseball. This event was organized with the assistance of the Lefty O'Doul Chapter of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research.  Learn more online: http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1015544201