Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball

Did you know that a 17 year old girl named Jackie Mitchell from Chattanooga, Tennessee reportedly struck Babe Ruth out looking in 1931? This and other interesting facts are included in the Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, a unique reference source, that contains approximately 1,400 entries related to women and baseball. The work comprises a foreword, a preface, the entries, seven appendices, a list of contributors, a bibliography, and an index. The heart of the work is 330 pages of alphabetically arranged entries and an extensive bibliography. Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball is a commendable, but limited work that...