Talking Ball with Rebecca T. Alpert: Edith "The Kid" Houghton
Tue, May 6, 2025 5:30 P.M.
Chestnut Hill Library
Cost: FREE
Chestnut Hill Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for a conversation on the life and times of Edith "The Kid" Houghton (1912-2013), star shortstop for the Philadelphia Bobbies and the first full-time woman scout in professional baseball, for the Philadelphia Phillies. Rabbi Rebecca T. Alpert will be leading the talk. Rabbi Alpert is a Temple University professor and author of Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball, and Religion and Sports.
This program runs from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Friends of Chestnut Hill Library.
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Chestnut Hill Library
8711 Germantown Avenue (Germantown Ave. & Bethlehem Pike)
Philadelphia, PA 19118-2716
215- 685-9290