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
Pitch, Hit, Field: WBWC Highlights
A Women’s Baseball World Cup primer, just in time for 2021.
Sydney Bergman (me!), Baseball Prospectus