Happy Women in Baseball Week! To celebrate you can grab both issues of my women-and-gender-rebels-in-baseball zine, The Cranklet's Chronicle, with FREE SHIPPING!
The first issue includes a 16 page biography of Joan Whitney Payson, the founding owner of the New York Mets. Growing up as a New York baseball fan in the glory years of the early twentieth century, Mrs. Payson never dreamed that her city would lose two teams - the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers - in one fateful year. Her story of is one of hope and faith in a city that seemed to be poised on the brink of self-destruction.
Issue 2 includes a 20 page biography of Effa Manley, the only woman currently in the baseball Hall of Fame. Effa's story takes us back to the segregated era in baseball, when some of the greatest players ever to participate in the sport were banned from the majors. She's an author, a team manager, and a style icon - you won't want to miss this!