Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story

This picture-book biography follows Lizzie Murphy, a baseball player who grew up in a family that loved the game. As a girl, she found a way onto her brother’s team and was playing for two amateur teams by age fifteen. At eighteen, she pursued baseball as her livelihood. Although a semi-professional manager initially saw her as a draw for spectators, Lizzie proved herself as a player, sought equal pay with male teammates, and played professionally for seventeen years.