Coming Soon!

September 1 - October 20, 2012 

the Untold Story of Women's Baseball

Sounds of America’s pastime: the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the cheers of “Atta girl!” While the 1992 film A League of Their Own introduced contemporary audiences to the WWII-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, women’s baseball actually began with the creation of the Vassar College team in 1866.

Women were paid to play ball less than a decade later, and a surprising number of women were included on 20th-century men’s teams. Linedrives and Lipstick: The Untold Story of Women’s Baseball documents this forgotten side of America’s pastime with 45 images and 10 objects selected from one of the nation’s largest collections of women’s baseball memorabilia. A 1910 postcard featuring the Boston Bloomers, “Ladies Champion Baseball Club of the World,” touts the game as “A High Class, Moral Amusement,” while a 1931 soap advertisement depicting a cherubic, skirted blonde sliding into first base asks, “What’s wrong with the world when girls just will be boys?”

  Images Courtesy of Exhibits USA

Do you have any artifacts from the AABGBL?

If you or a family member played for the All American Girls Baseball League, or have any direct history relating to the AAGBL, please contact the Edmond Historical Society before August of 2012. We would love to hear from you!

Contact Exhibit Director: Nina Hager by calling (405) 340-0078, ext. 101

or email to: nhager@edmondhistory.org