Women's Baseball

by John M. Kovach

Book Overview

In 1866, just one year after the end of the Civil War, the first documented female baseball players took to the field at Vassar College.

Those early pioneers paved the way for women who would play baseball as both amateurs and professionals up to the present day. Some were headlining stars on barnstorming teams, while others organized and operated their own teams, and from the 1890s through the 1930s they were known as Bloomer Girls,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738533807
• ISBN13: 9780738533803
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.3"