Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball

Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball
Author: Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 147666594X

Women have been involved in baseball from the game's early days, in a wide range of capacities. This ambitious encyclopedia provides information on women players, managers, teams, leagues, and issues since the mid-19th century. Players are listed by maiden name with married name, when known, in parentheses. Information provided includes birth date, death date, team, dates of play, career statistics and brief biographical notes when available. Related entries are noted for easy cross-reference. Appendices include the rosters of the World War II era All American Girls Professional Baseball League teams; the standings and championships from the AAGPBL; and all women's baseball teams and players identified to date.

Baseball's Natural

Baseball's Natural
Author: John Theodore
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780803259584

The most detailed account of the 1949 shooting of the former Philadelphia Phillies baseball star Eddie Waitkus by an obsessed nineteen-year-old female fan in a Chicago hotel.

A Game of Their Own

A Game of Their Own
Author: Jennifer Ring
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2015-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0803269943

In 2010 twenty American women were selected to represent Team USA in the fourth Women's Baseball World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela; most Americans, however, had no idea such a team even existed. A Game of Their Own chronicles the largely invisible history of women in baseball and offers an account of the 2010 Women's World Cup tournament. Jennifer Ring includes oral histories of eleven members of the U.S. Women's National Team, from the moment each player picked up a bat and ball as a young girl to her selection for Team USA. Each story is unique, but they share common themes that will resonate with young female players and fans alike: facing skepticism and taunts from players and parents when taking the batter's box or the pitcher's mound, self-doubt, the unceasing pressure to switch to softball, and eventual acceptance by their baseball teammates as they prove themselves as ballplayers. These racially, culturally, and economically diverse players from across the country have ignored the message that their love of the national pastime is "wrong." Their stories come alive as they recount their battles and most memorable moments playing baseball--the joys of exceeding expectations and the pleasure of honing baseball skills and talent despite the lack of support. With exclusive interviews with players, coaches, and administrators, A Game of Their Own celebrates the U.S. Women's National Team and the excellence of its remarkable players. In response to the jeer "No girls allowed!" these are powerful stories of optimism, feistiness, and staying true to oneself.

Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Author: Anika Orrock
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1452174261

This book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own. In 1941, the world was at war, and with able-bodied American men fighting overseas, professional baseball was in danger of becoming a quaint relic—until women stepped up to the plate. In this heartwarming illustrated history, the League's story is told by the ones who know it best: the players. Author Anika Orrock collects a variety of funny, charming, wince-worthy, and powerful vignettes told by the players themselves about their time playing the American pastime. • Features stories of grit and perseverance against all odds, told by the players themselves • Filled with player statistics, historical beats, headlines, and more; and fully illustrated in Anika's vibrant style • A visually engaging, readable women-led history book Written in an approachable manner and beautifully illustrated, The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is a one-of-a-kind story told through the women's own voices and their own perspectives. This book ultimately proves that the incredible women of the AAGPBL truly were in a league of their own. • A unique celebration of a specific moment in women's and sports history • A great read for experienced and new sports fans alike, readers young and old, baseball fans • Perfect accompaniment to books like Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky, Strong is the New Pretty by Kate T. Parker, and Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! by Kate Schatz

Sliding into Home

Sliding into Home
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1480467081

DIVDIVAn adolescent girl learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart/divDIV It’s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. She loves to watch it, read about it, and, most of all, play it. But when her family moves from Minneapolis to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school baseball team./divDIV At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. It’s not the same sport! Joelle tries to tell everyone. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle—even though his baseball team is at the bottom of the league, he doesn’t want her on his team. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach—she wants Joelle to use her big-league swing to benefit the girls’ team. Not her new friend, Elizabeth, who is growing tired of her complaints. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help./divDIV But Joelle is determined to play baseball. And through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, she finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together . . . and baseball to the girls of Greendale. Author Dori Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that young girls will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph./div/div

Stolen Bases

Stolen Bases
Author: Jennifer Ring
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2009
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0252032829

A revealing look at the history of women's exclusion from America's national pastime

Made in U.S.A.

Made in U.S.A.
Author: Sidra Stich
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520057562

Made in U.S.A. takes a new look at American art of the 1950s and 1960s and shows us how American it was. This is a provocative study of those artists who appropriated everyday images form the world of mass media and suburban living and forced their viewers into a sometimes witty, sometimes bittersweet, confrontation with the realities of living in late twentieth-century America.

Manual of Romantic Affairs

Manual of Romantic Affairs
Author: Xiong ZhongYunMeng
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 978
Release: 2020-02-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1648466052

Because of a coincidence, he possessed an unimaginable amount of attraction to the opposite sex, as well as an unimaginable power. From then on, he became the dream lover of all the young girls, becoming their springtime. Let's see how he can sweep through the flowers and enjoy the beauty of the spring in the world!

The Butlers

The Butlers
Author: Frances A. F. Saltonstall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1922
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