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Author Yomtov, Nel, author.

Title The belles of baseball : All-American Girls Professional Baseball League / by Nel Yomtov. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color).
text file rda
Series Hidden heroes
Hidden heroes.
Contents Ch. 1. Play ball! -- ch. 2. Not for boys only -- ch. 3. The birth of the AAGPBL -- ch. 4. The rise and decline of the AAGPBL -- ch. 5. Jean Faut : rhymes with "out" -- ch. 6. Dottie Kamenshek : fine at first -- ch. 7. Doris Sams : all-star -- ch. 8. Dottie Collins : strike! -- ch. 9. Outside the white lines.
Summary This book discusses how in the 1940s and 1950s, women broke traditional gender barriers by playing professional baseball, boosting morale during World War II and paving the way for future generations of female athletes.
Audience 1110L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG+ 7.6 3 3 187983
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 104) and index.
Summary Discusses how in the 1940s and 1950s women broke traditional gender barriers by playing professional baseball.
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Subject All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History -- Juvenile literature.
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History.
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Subject Baseball for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball for women.
United States.
Genre Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Yomtov, Nelson. Belles of baseball Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017] 9781680783865 (DLC) 2016945478 (OCoLC)958781219
ISBN 9781624023101 $59.93
162402310X $59.93
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