Women in Baseball Week

Many thanks to Bridgewater State University for hosting the Women's Baseball Heritage Trail this week. The women's baseball collection there is outstanding and I learned so much. Baseball research friends, please make a point to visit them and support their women's sports related projects.

Will Eisner Week is held every March, celebrating comics, graphic novel literacy, and free speech. Join us in celebrating the role of graphic arts in education and entertainment. #WomensHistoryMonth #ReadBaseball #WillEisnerWeek #IWBCReads

New weekend at the Yogi Berra Museum: Game Changers - Celebrating Women in Baseball. Details at: yogiberramuseum.org/events/sabr-elysian-fields-presents-game-changers-celebrating-women-in-baseball/

We are devout Ellen Lindner fans and you should be too. If you haven't checked out Ida Schnall, here's a link to find it! #WomensHistoryMonth #ReadBaseball #WillEisnerWeek
www.etsy.com/listing/1761...

It's Day Three of Women's History Month AND Will Eisner Week, which encourages us to read, experience, and dream in graphic art form. All of these books and more are availabe through IWBC's Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/IWBCReads
#WomensHistoryMonth #WillEisnerWeek #ReadBaseball

Hitting Her Way to the Negro Leagues: A Graphic Novel Biography of Toni Stone (PB) (2025) In the early 1950s, Toni Stone made history as the first Black woman to play professional baseball. In this action-packed graphic novel, discover Stone's journey from a young "tomboy" in Saint Paul, M...

Recently read Hitting Her Way to the Negro Leagues a couple of months ago. Check it out here! www.mahoganybooks.com/9781669083191

#WillEisnerWeek #WomensHistoryMonth #ToniStone

Will Eisner Week is held every March, celebrating comics, graphic novel literacy,& free speech. We'll be sharing some of my favorite works all week and celebrating the role of graphic arts in education and entertainment.

#WillEisnerWeek #ReadBaseball #WomensHistoryMonth

Lots of events celebrating women and girls in baseball are scheduled for March. Find them on the Women in Baseball Week calendar!
womeninbaseballweek.org/index.php/20...

Leisure Learners Presenter Pam Weed has been as associate member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for over 25 years. Join Pam as she discusses the Milwaukee Chicks and the...

New week in Wisconsin! #ReadBaseball

A Conversation with Maria Pepe Join trailblazer & author Maria Pepe for a conversation about her groundbreaking story & her children’s book The Girl Who Changed Little League, in discussion with local author Raakhee Mirchandani.. E...

New week in New Jersey! #ReadBaseball

That's our guy!

The Women's Baseball Heritage Trail will be featured at this event next week. If you're close to Bridgewater State University and the weather cooperates, please join us. Open to the public.

Congratulations!

Today, February 22, 2026, as we celebrate our 11th Founders Day, we are proud to announce Amy McCann as the winner of the Shirley Burkovich "Hustle Award." Congratulations, Amy, and thank you for all you do in lifting up women and girls in baseball!

On February 22, 2014, a group of women gathered in California, and over pizza and beer, dreamed up an organization that would both preserve the past and promote the future of girls and women in baseball. Join us in celebrating our Founders Day and creating #APlaceofTheirOwn.

Great things happening this week. Find more at womeninbaseballweek.org/index.php/2026-events//

#OnThisDay in baseball history

Claire Smith was the 2017 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, placing her in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. #BlackHistoryMonth #WomeninBaseball #BaseballHOF

We'll be there!

I have a new reading list available on WorldCat, highlighting both non-fiction and historically inspired books related to Black women and girls in baseball. Find them in a library near you at search.worldcat.org/lists/29410e... #BlackHistoryMonth #WomeninBaseball #SearchWorldCat #LoveYourLibrary

On this Valentine's Day, we celebrate Loves Park, IL - Home of Rivets Stadium. We love this ballpark and are thrilled it will host every game of the 2026 Women's Baseball World Cup group stage this July. Make plans to join us and follow iwbc.org/worldcup/ #LovesPark #WomensBaseballWorldCup

Illinois is women's baseball central this summer. See you in Rockford in July for the Women's Baseball World Cup!

Excellent!

Tamara Holmes played outfield for the Colorado Silver Bullets and started for the US National Team at the World Cup beginning in 2006. Holmes was named USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year in 2012 and 2016. #BlackHistoryMonth #WomeninBaseball #TeamUSA