"Girls Can't Play Baseball!"–Tennessee Women in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

For 12 seasons in the mid-1900s, 11 remarkable women from Tennessee were part of the first professional women's baseball league in America. Hear the story of these pioneering women who broke social norms to play a game they loved and learn about the unusual circumstance that bought the league into existence creating this unique opportunity for women.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dean Novelli is a local historian known for his history, On a Corner of Gay Street: A History of the Lamar House–Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1817 to 1985. He has previously served as a docent at the Mabry-Hazen House and the Blount Mansion National Historic Landmark.

This program is free and open to the public. It is organized in conjunction with the Museum of East Tennessee History Center's feature exhibition, Home Runs & Home Teams, and was made possible through a grant from Friends of Knox County Public Library.