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Women in Baseball : The Forgotten History by Gai I. Berlage (1994, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-100275947351
ISBN-139780275947354
eBay Product ID (ePID)82878
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWomen in Baseball : the Forgotten History
SubjectBaseball / History, General, Popular Culture
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
AuthorGAI I. Berlage
Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight17.5 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN93-025049
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"An interesting and readable book that is also a well-crafted piece of meticulous and copiously footnoted scholarship... Berlage artfully documents the style, spirit, sheer talent, and intestinal fortitude these women used to carve out a niche for themselves in baseball." Nine: A Journal of Baseball History, "Drawing on newspaper articles, Cooperstown resources, contemporary accounts, letters, and interviews, this...history considers class, gender, and racial issues as it asks why women's participation in baseball has been so effectively erased from American memory."- Library Journal, "The reader interested in the history of women's efforts to play the hardball sport can do no better than to start and finish with this volume." Elysian Fields Quarterly, "Drawing on newspaper articles, Cooperstown resources, contemporary accounts, letters, and interviews, this...history considers class, gender, and racial issues as it asks why women's participation in baseball has been so effectively erased from American memory." Library Journal, "The reader interested in the history of women's efforts to play the hardball sport can do no better than to start and finish with this volume."- Elysian Fields Quarterly, "An interesting and readable book that is also a well-crafted piece of meticulous and copiously footnoted scholarship... Berlage artfully documents the style, spirit, sheer talent, and intestinal fortitude these women used to carve out a niche for themselves in baseball."- Nine: A Journal of Baseball History
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal796.357082
Table Of ContentAn Unlikely Convergence: Victorian Ladies and the National Sport of Baseball Baseball at the Early Women's Colleges Women's Own Semi-Professional and Professional Baseball Teams in the Late 1800s and Early 1900s Turn of the Century Women Pioneers in Men's Minor and Major League Baseball Women Stars in Exhibition Baseball Games in the 1930s and 1940s Little League: Yes, Virginia, Little Girls Were Allowed to Play Baseball before 1974 Women in the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley, Owner, and Toni Stone, Player World War II: The All American Girls' Professional Baseball League Profiles of Some All American Girls' Professional Baseball Players "Never Say Die": Allington's World Champion All Americans 1954-1957 Epilogue: The Current Ambiguity about Women's Role in Baseball Appendix: Additional Sources for Information on Women and Baseball Index
Synopsis"Drawing on newspaper articles, Cooperstown resources, contemporary accounts, letters, and interviews, this copiously footnoted history considers class, gender, and racial issues as it asks why women's participation in baseball has been so effectively erased from American memory." Library Journal, Very few people are aware that women were active in baseball in the United States as early as 1866. In this volume, Gai Berlage reports the histories of the umpires, players, owners, and sportswriters as well as the teams. Professional and amateur teams are covered as well as hard and softball. In 1974, when the Supreme Court forced Little League to change its charter and permit girls to play baseball on boys' teams, feminists cheered, heralding the decision as a significant victory. How short their memories were! Had investigators only looked to baseball history, they would have learned, much to their surprise, that women had been avidly playing baseball for over a hundred years--as far back as 1866. In 1928, one female Indiana player helped lead her team to the state championship and on to the national tournament in American League Junior Baseball. And during World War II, Wrigley started the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. In fact, not until 1952 was there a rule barring women from being professional players. Women in Baseball offers the details of this compelling, largely overlooked aspect of baseball history, introducing the reader to a whole new cast of little-known stars on men's teams: Lizzie Arlington, a pitcher in 1898; Alta Weiss, a pitcher for 15 years in the early 20th century; Lizzie Murphy, who played first base for the American All-Stars against the Boston Red Sox; Jackie Mitchell, who became a media sensation in 1931 when she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The author also reveals the stories of women's professional and amateur teams--Josie Caruso and her Eight Men, the Chicago Bloomer Girls, and the all-black Dolly Vardens of Philadelphia--and introduces women who distinguished themselves as players, umpires, and team owners. Women in Baseball explores the history of women in baseball from a socio-cultural perspective, analyzing how it was forgotten in the light of residual Victorian values that governed women's lives for so many decades., Very few people are aware that women were active in baseball in the United States as early as 1866. In this volume, Gai Berlage reports the histories of the umpires, players, owners, and sportswriters as well as the teams. Professional and amateur teams are covered as well as hard and softball. In 1974, when the Supreme Court forced Little League to change its charter and permit girls to play baseball on boys' teams, feminists cheered, heralding the decision as a significant victory. How short their memories were Had investigators only looked to baseball history, they would have learned, much to their surprise, that women had been avidly playing baseball for over a hundred years--as far back as 1866. In 1928, one female Indiana player helped lead her team to the state championship and on to the national tournament in American League Junior Baseball. And during World War II, Wrigley started the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. In fact, not until 1952 was there a rule barring women from being professional players. Women in Baseball offers the details of this compelling, largely overlooked aspect of baseball history, introducing the reader to a whole new cast of little-known stars on men's teams: Lizzie Arlington, a pitcher in 1898; Alta Weiss, a pitcher for 15 years in the early 20th century; Lizzie Murphy, who played first base for the American All-Stars against the Boston Red Sox; Jackie Mitchell, who became a media sensation in 1931 when she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The author also reveals the stories of women's professional and amateur teams--Josie Caruso and her Eight Men, the Chicago Bloomer Girls, and the all-black Dolly Vardens of Philadelphia--and introduces women who distinguished themselves as players, umpires, and team owners. Women in Baseball explores the history of women in baseball from a socio-cultural perspective, analyzing how it was forgotten in the light of residual Victorian values that governed women's lives for so many decades.
LC Classification NumberGV880
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- 18 Feb, 2017
Women in Baseball
Interesting how women's involvement in baseball began. From fans, to players and umpires. Great to learn about the teams and players like Lizzie Murphy, Margaret Gisolo, Julie Croteau and others. Side of baseball I knew little about.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
