FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League members
to present keynote address at Women’s Studies Student Conference

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Maybelle Blair, Terry Donahue and Jane Moffet, former members of The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, will present the keynote address at the annual Women’s Studies Student Conference, “Women Breaking Boundaries,” at Marshall University.

The keynote address will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13 in the Memorial Student Center Alumni Lounge on Marshall’s Huntington campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The players will be available after the talk for autographs and pictures. They also will participate in the dedication ceremonies of the Marshall University Softball Complex on Saturday, March 15.

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, featured in the movie “A League of Their Own,” gave more than 600 women athletes the opportunity to play professional baseball and to play it at a level never before attained. The league operated from 1943 to 1954 and represents one unique aspect of our nation’s history.

Dr. Kat Williams, director of the Women’s Studies program, said the women broke down boundaries when they played professional baseball in the 1940s and 1950s and they continue to provide young women with inspiration.

For more information, contact Williams at (304) 696-2959.

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