Archive for Wednesday, February 16, 2011
‘Linedrives and Lipstick’ opens at museum
February 16, 2011
In contrast to the depiction of women’s baseball as a short-lived phenomenon of the 1940s, America’s national pastime has included women players since baseball’s beginnings in the 1860s.
Their impact comes to light in Linedrives and Lipstick: The Untold Story of Women’s Baseball, a new exhibit at the Johnson County Museum.
Visitors will get to know Jackie Mitchell, who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in 1931, and Sophie Kurys of the South Bend Blue Sox, who still holds the record for the most stolen bases in one season in any league — 201 steals in 203 attempts in 1946.
The free exhibit will be on view through March 16.
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