In the Second World War, women softball players were recruited from all over North America to help keep baseball in the public eye while many of the men were off fighting overseas. This is an episode where Heather speaks fondly of playing softball but also dives into the controversy surrounding early professional women's sport and how Bonnie Baker of Regina, Saskatchewan was embroiled in it.
If you liked A League of her Own, then this is the episode for you!
This episode is being released just after Vancouver Pride concludes so consider it our contribution to Canada Pride 2024.
News item:
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/where-is-louis-riel-heritage-minute-of-métis-leader-quietly-removed-1.6936849
Heritage Minute:
https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes/mary-bonnie-baker
Shawinigan Moments is written and recorded on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Stó:lō (Stolo), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) first nations in what is otherwise called Vancouver.
