

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Women's Baseball in Illinois and the Midwest
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: This presentation offers an exciting opportunity to explore how Illinois played a significant role in the formation of the AAGPBL. Anna will trace the evolution of women’s baseball from its 19th-century beginnings to the establishment of the league in 1943. She will discuss how the league’s unique rules developed over time and highlight the teams that made history—particularly the Illinois teams: the Rockford Peaches, Springfield Sallies, Peoria Redwings, and Chicago Colleens. This program is one hour long and will start at 1 p.m. at the Steeple Building Museum. The presentation is free and open to the public. Organized by the BHHA and sponsored by the IHC Road Scholar Speakers Bureau.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bishop-hill/womens-baseball-in-illinois-and-the-midwest/200029621322408
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029621322408?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bishop+hill-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bishop Hill
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 103 North Bishop Hill Street, Bishop Hill, IL, United States, Illinois 61419
- **lat**: 41.20031
- **long**: -90.11877
- **full address**: 103 North Bishop Hill Street, Bishop Hill, IL, United States, Illinois 61419

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Bishop Hill Heritage Association (https://allevents.in/org/bishop-hill-heritage-association/14035467)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 103 North Bishop Hill Street, Bishop Hill, IL, United States, Illinois 61419
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bishop Hill Heritage Association
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Women's Baseball in Illinois and the Midwest ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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