This week’s photos feature women playing softball near the University Library and Memorial Gym. Softball developed out of indoor baseball, which was invented in Chicago in 1887.¹ “Women’s fast-pitch softball became an official sport of the Summer in 1996 but was dropped in 2012. Still, that hasn’t deterred millions of enthusiasts in the U.S. and more than a hundred other countries from pursuing the sport.”²

Stay tuned for next week’s installment of Women’s Recreation Wednesday!

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Photos courtesy of UG 69 (University of Idaho Women’s Recreation Association Photographs)