Baseball History

 

The Dolly Vardens

An article about the Dolly Vardens, Philadelphia’s 19th-century all-Black women baseball teams.

Mary Craig, Beyond the Box Score


 

Effa Manley’s hidden life

An award-winning article about the only woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, who had a fascinating — and confusing — past.

Shakeia Taylor, SB Nation


 

The Colorado Silver Bullets

How a barnstorming, beer-sponsored baseball team paved the way for women's pro sports in the USA.

Alex Simon, Power Plays

Meet the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens

A picture book inspired by the first African American Women's Professional Baseball Team.

Sabrina A. Brinson


 

The Stop-and-Start History of Women’s Baseball

An article on the circuitous history of women’s baseball.

Daniel Epstein, the Hardball Times


 

Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

A biography of Ila Borders, the first woman since the Negro Leagues era to play men’s professional baseball.

Ila Jane Borders with Jean Hastings Ardell

Baseball's Leading Lady

A nonfiction middle grade book about Effa Manley, the first and only woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Andrea Williams


 

Curveball

A biography of Toni Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues (since adapted into a play).

Martha Ackmann