Second to None/Rosie Adams
Artist
Designer Unknown
Date1989
Dimensions24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.7600
DescriptionIn 1965, at the age of 14, Rosie Adams rose to prominence as the youngest woman to play in the Amateur Softball Association's Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championship. Twenty-two years later, she was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame. Adams’s career spanned the evolution of softball as a professional sport. Although U.S.A. Softball was established in 1933, it gained the most popularity after Title IX was passed in 1972, banning gender discrimination in sports and leading to an expansion of women’s participation in all types of athletics. In 1990, softball officially became part of the Olympic Games. As a professional, Adams played on four consecutive national championship teams, as well as on two U.S. teams that won international softball titles in 1970 and 1974. After she retired in 1991, women’s softball continued to grow in popularity, with the Women’s College World Series Final repeatedly earning higher viewing ratings than the men’s in recent years. On View
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