35th Annual Local History Series -- The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in Northeast Wisconsin

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed in 1943. In August of 1944 a new professional sport was brought to Green Bay, women's baseball.  The Milwaukee Chicks were having a tough time in Milwaukee, and were looking for a new home.   Did the team make Green Bay home or did the Chicks find another community to roost in? How many teams were there and how long did the league last?  As we get to the end of the baseball season, this is great way to wrap up. 

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Jeff Ash, is a Green Bay writer and researcher.  He curates and contributes content for Green Bay and Wausau history groups on Facebook and has worked on long term Twitter projects recounting the Green Bay Packers' 1965, 1966, and 1967 championship seasons and the Milwaukee Bucks' 1970-71 NBA championship season.  He wrote and edited Titletown's Team: A Photographic History of the Green Bay Packers and has edited several other Packers books.  He holds a BA from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and worked for newspapers in Green Bay, Madison, and Eau Claire.