Valley Women's History Collaborative
Mary V. Women's Softball League
The Softball League began in 1977 to provide lesbians and their friends a feminist sports center for social activity in the Pioneer Valley. The league grew from a team, the Lucy B. Stoners, organized by Eileen Stewart out of the South West Womens's Center in 1976. The leagues original founders were Jean Grossholtz, Eileen Stewart, Susan Tracy, and Maryann Jennings. In 1977 they fielded six teams, Common Womon, Hot Flashes, Woman Rising, No Nukes of the North, and a team from College Church and from Hatfield, . Although during the first two years many young heterosexual women, organized in the Hatfield team and the College Church team in Northampton, were part of the League, they dropped out after several years. The League, under Mary V.'s organizing efforts and skills, grew from six teams to sixteen at its height. It continues to this day.
To Contribute your Memories of the Mary V. Softball League please click here.
For the Current Mary Vazquez Women's Softball League Webpage, click here.
This page was created
and is maintained by Laura Lovett.
It was last modified on April 15, 2005.
