From the partners’ collections: Gertrude “Tiby” Eisen

Description: “Tiby” Eisen swings a baseball bat.
Creator: Unknown
Medium: Black and white photograph
Date: 1945
Collection: American Jewish Historical Society Photography Collection

From www.jewsinsports.org (presented by AJHS):
Eisen was an all-star in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was portrayed so affectionately in the 1992 film A League Of Their Own. Before becoming a professional baseball player, Tiby grew up in an orthodox home! An outstanding all-around athlete, she was also a fullback for a women’s professional football team. In 1993, she helped establish the women’s exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. “We’re trying to record this so we have our place in history,” she said. “If they knew more about our league, perhaps in the future some women will say, ‘Hey, maybe we can do it again.’”

Read more about Gertrude Eisen here.

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