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Talking Ball with Rebecca T. Alpert: Edith "The Kid" Houghton

Tue, May 6, 2025 5:30 P.M.

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.

The views expressed by the authors and moderators are strictly their own and do not represent the opinions of the Free Library of Philadelphia or its employees.

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