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Baker</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">August 16, 1921<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Baltimore, Maryland, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 29, 1998<span style="display:none">(1998-07-29)</span> (aged 76)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Baltimore, Maryland, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data">High school</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_High_School_(Maryland)" title="Eastern High School (Maryland)">Eastern High School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Civil servant</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Memorial(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Virginia S. Baker Recreation Center</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Virginia S. Baker</b> (August 16, 1921<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – July 29, 1998)<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American <a href="/wiki/Civil_servant" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil servant">civil servant</a> and employee of the Department of Recreation and Parks in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_City,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore City, Maryland">Baltimore City, Maryland</a>, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-Alvarez1993_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alvarez1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was known by a number of nicknames, such as Queenie, Queen of Fun, Baltimore's First Lady of Fun, "queen of the hill", and "Baltimore's oldest kid".<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, the recreation center in <a href="/wiki/Patterson_Park" title="Patterson Park">Patterson Park</a> was named the Virginia S. Baker Recreation Center to honor Baker's years of service to the center and to the children of Baltimore. </p><p>Baker started her career as a volunteer playground monitor at the old Patterson Park recreation center and was hired to work for the Department of Recreation and Parks right after graduating from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_High_School_(Baltimore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern High School (Baltimore)">Eastern High School</a> in 1939. She held a variety of job titles in her 53 years of civil service. She was best known for the many events and programs she initiated as director of the "Adventures in Fun" office, an office in City Hall created specifically for Baker by former Baltimore Mayor <a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer" title="William Donald Schaefer">William Donald Schaefer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an address to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">Senate</a>, U.S. Senator from Maryland and Baltimore-native <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mikulski" title="Barbara Mikulski">Barbara Mikulski</a> made a special tribute to Baker following her death in 1998. Baker died at age 76 due to complications from pneumonia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_S._Baker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in 1921 in Baltimore City, Maryland, Virginia S. Baker was raised in East Baltimore and lived in Baltimore for her entire life. As a kid, Baker was often known by her nickname Queenie, or sometimes kids in the neighborhood referred to her as "queen of the hill". As an adult, Baker was given more nicknames, such as Queen of Fun, Baltimore's First Lady of Fun, and "Baltimore's oldest kid", which were often used by reporters when Baker was mentioned in newspaper articles.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker's father was František Pečinka, a <a href="/wiki/Moravians" title="Moravians">Moravian</a> immigrant from <a href="/wiki/V%C4%9Bchnov" title="Věchnov">Věchnov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surname <i>Pečinka</i> is a derivative of <span title="Czech-language text"><i lang="cs">pekař</i></span> – Czech for "baker" which influenced the changing of his name to "Frank Baker". In 1917, Frank married Hattie Jelinek,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Baltimore-native of <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czech</a> descent whose parents came from <a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byk%C3%A1%C5%88" class="extiw" title="cs:Bykáň">Bykáň</a> and <a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%C5%99inky_(Vyklantice)" class="extiw" title="cs:Kateřinky (Vyklantice)">Kateřinky</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until Virginia Baker's father died in 1954, her parents ran a confectionery store in East Baltimore on the corner of <a href="/wiki/Monument_Street" class="mw-redirect" title="Monument Street">Monument Street</a> and Belnord Avenue where Baker spent much of her childhood. She also spent a lot of time roller-skating around the streets of Baltimore and coming up with contests, races, and other games to play with kids in the neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker's voice has been described as "quintessentially Baltimore"<sup id="cite_ref-Alvarez1993_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alvarez1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and she was a frequently invited guest on radio shows by disc jockeys that wanted to parody the speech patterns and mannerisms that are common stereotypes of Baltimoreans.<sup id="cite_ref-Alvarez1993_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alvarez1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a <i>Baltimore Sun</i> article on her life, Baker, who never married or had children, "counted generations of Baltimore youngsters as her own special brood".<sup id="cite_ref-Mikulski_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikulski-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had a <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a> in 1992 and another in 1995, which led to her retirement from the Department of Recreation and Parks. On July 29, 1998, Virginia Baker died at age 76 due to complications from pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_S._Baker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During her youth, Virginia Baker volunteered as a playground monitor at the old <a href="/wiki/Patterson_Park" title="Patterson Park">Patterson Park</a> recreation center. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_High_School_(Baltimore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern High School (Baltimore)">Eastern High School</a> in 1940, she was hired to work for the rec center and soon became director of recreation. She was known for the numerous new activities and games she was constantly creating, especially different kinds of contests, in her ongoing efforts to keep city's youth active and engaged. One of her ideas that was copied around the country, was the "Kid Swap Shop", an event where kids were invited to trade their unwanted toys. Another notable creation was something she called the "Fun Wagon", which consisted of a basketball hoop on the back of a small trailer that was filled with toys.<sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker generated much publicity for all of her events and was known for her talent at public relations.<sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maryland Senator and East Baltimore-native <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mikulski" title="Barbara Mikulski">Barbara Mikulski</a>, who previously served on the Baltimore City Council, said Baker made herself well-known to the council members with her frequent fundraising and advocacy efforts. Baker took them into the city neighborhoods and to community events where she had them participate in the same games and activities she planned for the kids, a strategy that, according to Mikulski, strengthened the city's community programs by helping Baker avoid some of obstacles of government bureaucracy.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikulski_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikulski-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baker held various positions in during her 53 years of civil service in Baltimore City. She officially retired in 1995 after having a second stroke.<sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adventures_in_Fun">Adventures in Fun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_S._Baker&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adventures in Fun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baker is best known for the events and activities she came up with as director of the "Adventures in Fun" office, a City Hall office created specifically for Baker by former Baltimore Mayor <a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer" title="William Donald Schaefer">William Donald Schaefer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this position, Baker re-purposed <a href="/wiki/War_Memorial_Plaza" title="War Memorial Plaza">War Memorial Plaza</a> in downtown Baltimore as a recreation center that also doubled as a stage for Schaefer, a widely popular mayor at the time who was elected to four terms in office. Baker's staff were featured several times in newscasts wearing chef's hats as they attempted to fry eggs on the sidewalks of downtown Baltimore during summer heat waves.<sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baltimore's annual chicken-clucking contest was also one of Baker's creations that came out of the Office of Adventures in Fun. Baker came up with the idea after seeing someone at work imitate a chicken, and immediately started planning the contest, looking for a date, and securing sponsors, such as fast-food companies, for what turned into a successful annual event.<sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_S._Baker&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg/200px-Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg/300px-Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg/400px-Virginia_S._Baker_Recreation_Center_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3036" /></a><figcaption>The Virginia S. Baker Recreation Center in <a href="/wiki/Patterson_Park" title="Patterson Park">Patterson Park</a>, May 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1984, the Patterson Park recreation center was named the Virginia S. Baker Recreation Center in recognition of her many years of service to the city's youth.<sup id="cite_ref-Obit_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writer <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Alvarez" title="Rafael Alvarez">Rafael Alvarez</a> said Baker "deliver[ed] entertainment and exercise to three generations of Baltimoreans" and is "perhaps the only civil servant in America in charge of an office called Adventures in Fun".<sup id="cite_ref-Retires_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retires-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Baker died in 1998, U.S. Senator from Maryland and Baltimore-native <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mikulski" title="Barbara Mikulski">Barbara Mikulski</a> paid special tribute to her in an address to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">Senate</a> that was printed in the Congressional record. In her address, Mikulski said, </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Virginia S. Baker was special to me, my family and the entire city of Baltimore. Virginia Baker started as a volunteer playground monitor in Baltimore, where she brought joy and fun to the city's streets and neighborhoods. But more importantly, she always kept an eagle eye out for the children with a broken heart or the ones from a broken home. Without notice she would find a way to bring those children into her circle of compassion, to let them know they always had a home at her recreation center. She had the special gift of mending children's hearts.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikulski_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikulski-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_S._Baker&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Dobkin" title="Mary Dobkin">Mary Dobkin</a> (1902–1987), amateur sports coach and advocate for children from Baltimore City; namesake of the Mary Dobkin Park in Baltimore.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Czechs_in_Baltimore" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Czechs in Baltimore">History of the Czechs in Baltimore</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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