The
Baseball Reliquary returns to Burbank, California with
an exhibition entitled “Women in Baseball: There’s
No Place Like Home (Plate),” to be presented at the
Burbank Central Library, 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd., from
June 2-June 30, 2003.
Women have played baseball (i.e., hardball) on
the amateur and professional levels since the 1860s. Not
long after professional baseball began in 1869, women
formed “base ball clubs” and wearing heavy stockings
and striped, shortened dresses, took to diamonds across
the nation. From the barnstorming “Bloomer Girl”
teams of the 1890s to the pioneering All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League of the World War II era and
the Colorado Silver Bullets of the 1990s, women have
made a significant contribution to the history of the
game. Through artwork, photographs, text, and artifacts,
this exhibition will highlight some of the women who
made baseball history, including Jackie Mitchell, Toni
Stone, Bernice Gera, and Pam Postema.
“Women in Baseball: There’s No Place Like
Home (Plate)” is presented by the Baseball Reliquary,
a Southern California-based nonprofit organization
dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art
and culture through the context of baseball history.
Burbank Central Library hours are Monday through
Thursday from 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM; Friday from 9:30 AM to
6:00 PM; Saturday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM; and closed
Sunday.
For additional information, contact the Baseball
Reliquary by phone at (626) 791-7647 or by e-mail at skpubs@earthlink.net. |