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"In its early stages, women's involvement in professional baseball was largely an attempt to profit from the novelty of female players."

Artical title: "Baseball" Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: unknown Date of original publication: 19 Nov. 2019. Name of database: Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica Page number: none Date acessed: January 9th

"American sports organization that, between 1943 and its dissolution in 1954, grew from a stopgap wartime entertainment to a professional showcase for women baseball players."

Artical title: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: unknown. Date of original publication: 11 July 2019 Name of database: Britannica Page number: pg 3 of 3 Date acessed: Jan 9th

"The movie A League of Their Own has charmed audiences since its release in 1992, providing a fictionalized but empowering portrayal of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that began during World War II. Comprised of the Rockford Peaches, the South Bend Blue Sox, the Racine Belles and the Kenosha Comets, the AAGPBL was initially begun to keep public interest in baseball while men were off serving in the war."

Author: BADASS WOMEN Article title: A League of Their Own in Modern Times Website title: New York Minute Date of publication/revision: SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.newyorkminutemag.com/a-league-of-their-own-in-modern-times/

"Girls can't play ball!" a man yells, as he stands on top of the dugout to mock the women playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). To shut the man up, Ellen Sue (Freddie Simpson) fires a ball that pegs him right in the shoulder, knocking him down. A League of Their Own tells a fictionalized version of the real-life women's professional baseball league that sprung up in 1943, when most American men were in Europe fighting World War II. "

Author: BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Article title: Thanks To Sexism, We Still Need "A League of Their Own" 25 Years Later Website title: bitchmedia Date of publication/revision: Published on July 24, 2017 at 9:28am Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/a-league-of-their-own-anniversary

"The article offers information on The Players' Tribune, a media platform for professional athletes and the athletes that have used it. "

Author: Barshad, Amos. Artical title: "A League of Their Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: New York Times Magazine Date of original publication: Feb. 2018, Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 30-61. Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"The spring of 1945 found women suiting up in jerseys and skirts for the start of the league's third season [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]"

Author: Berman E. Article title: Meet the Real Women Who Inspired A League of Their Own. Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Time.com. Date of original publication: April 2015 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: p. N.PAG. Date accessed: 10 January 2020

"It was 25 summers ago, on July 1, 1992, that the much-celebrated film A League of Their Own was released in the United States. Based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which began play in 1943 and lasted a dozen years, the Midwest circuit thrived during World War II and lasted until 1954."

Author: Bill Francis Article title: A QUARTER CENTURY OF 'A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN' Website title: baseballhall.org Date of publication/revision: unknown Date accessed: Jan 10 2020 URL: https://baseballhall.org/discover/25-years-after-a-league-of-their-own

"But then World War II happened and women were called on to help fill the gaps left by men who were away at combat."

Author: Brenda Young Article title: Rockford Peaches part of World War II history Website title: Rockford Register Star Date of publication/revision: Posted May 25, 2014 at 5:30 AM Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.rrstar.com/article/20140525/SPECIAL/140529678

"This commentary reviewsA League of Their Own, a film that provides a fictional account of the lives of women who played in the first year of the All-American Girls' Baseball League."

Author: Brown, Colton, Tonya Hammer, and Joseph M. Currin. Artical title: ""Girls Can't Play Ball": Feminist Counseling Using A League of Their Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. Date of original publication: January 2017 Name of database: Academic Search Premier Page number: 9 of 3308 Date acessed: January 8 2020

"In the first half of the 20th century, baseball was the undisputed national pastime for women as well as men. There were industrial softball leagues and tournaments and national organizations. By the early 1940s there were tens of thousands of women's softball teams."

Author: CAIT MURPHY Article title: On the Short-Lived All-American Girls Professional Baseball League "There's No Crying in Baseball" —But There Was Lipstick Website title: Literary Hub Date of publication/revision: October 25, 2016 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://lithub.com/on-the-short-lived-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league/

"Looks at the baseball training camp for free-agent players set up in Homestead, Florida by the Major League Baseball Players Association in April 1995. "

Author: Callahan, Gerry. Artical title: "A League of Their Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Sports Illustrated, vol. 82, no. 15 Date of original publication: Apr. 1995, Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: p. 36 Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"With the rapid shifts in the education of women in the United States, and the underrepresentation of women in fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), an issue generating much controversy is whether women may benefit more from single-sex education or coeducation."

Author: Cherney, Isabelle, and Kaitlin Campbell. Article title: "A League of Their Own: Do Single-Sex Schools Increase Girls' Participation in the Physical Sciences?" Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Sex Roles, vol. 65, no. 9-10 Date of original publication: Nov. 2011 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 712-724. Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"I was there when they were making the movie. It wasn't really emotional for me while they were making it because I don't get too emotional. I was actually up in the grandstands while they were filming, and got to watch them."

Author: Coree Cornelius Article title: In a League of Her Own - 92 Year Old Shares Experience in Girls Baseball League Website title: The Coronado Times Date of publication/revision: 01/21/2017 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://coronadotimes.com/news/2017/01/21/in-a-league-of-her-own-92-year-old-lil-faralla-shares-her-experiences-playing-in-the-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league/

"It discusses the scenario when these African American athelete were turned away from the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) and played baseball for the Negro Leagues."

Author: Davis, Amira Rose. Artical title: "No League of Their Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: History Review, no. 125 Date of original publication: May 2016 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 74-96. Date acessed: 10 January 2020,

"A review is presented of musical performance "Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own" featuring Birgit Nilsson."

Author: Dent, Huntley. Artical title: "BIRGIT NILSSON: A League of Her Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Fanfare: The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors, vol. 43 Date of original publication: Sept. 2019 Name of database: EBSCOhost, Page number: pp. 455-456. Date accessed: 2020 Jan 10

"Not only is it a film full of women, it's also about sports, is devoid of a romantic plot line (a flirtation/affair between Geena Davis and Tom Hanks' characters was filmed and eventually scrapped), and has a woman, Penny Marshall, at its helm."

Author: Emmy Potter Article title: "A League of Their Own": How the All-American Girls of Summer Changed the Game Website title: Culture Sonar Date of publication/revision: July 16 2019 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.culturesonar.com/a-league-of-their-own/

"The article profiles South Bend Blue Sox pitcher Jean Faut. Faut was one of the most dominant pitchers in the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL)."

Author: Gorman, Bob. Artical title: "Twice Perfect." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Baseball History & Culture, vol. 16, Date of original publication: Spring 2008, Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 107-116 Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"The League, which could not prevent the outbreak of the second World War, was widely regarded as irrelevant and historians who studied it were considered eccentric."

Author: Henig, Ruth. Artical title: "A League of Its Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: History Today, vol. 60, no. 2, Date of original publication: Feb. 2010 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 3-4. Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"The article discusses the story of Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old female baseball pitcher who struck out New York Yankees players Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on April 2, 1931."

Author: Horwitz, Tony. Artical title: "League of Her Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Smithsonian, vol. 44, no. 4 Date of original publication: July 2013 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 31-37 Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"BETSY JOCHUM'S 1940S baseball tunic was tailormade for the American woman's transition from the decorative to the active. With a short, flared, kicky hem disguising the athletic undershorts that were the real purpose of the rig, it was designed for a ballplayer who had to look like a girl but throw like a guy, who wore her hair in an upsweep but "hit the dirt in the skirt," as Jochum and her teammates liked to say of sliding into home plate."

Author: Jenkins, Sally Artical title: League of Her Own: An Indiana slugger was one of the ballplayers who "hit the dirt in the skirt" and changed Americans' view of women Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: unknown Date of original publication: June 2018 Name of database: EBSCOHOST Page number: 6 of 3308 Date acessed: Wed Jan 8 2022

"The article profiles professional baseball player Betsy Jochum who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1940s."

Author: Jenkins, Sally. Artical title: "League of Her Own: An Indiana Slugger Was One of the Ballplayers Who 'Hit the Dirt in the Skirt' and Changed Americans' View of Women." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Smithsonian 49, no. 3 Date of original publication: June 2018 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 20-22 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 10

"I guess maybe one way to explain it is by talking about when I first saw the movie 'A League Of Their Own,' if that's OK," Kat says. "I'm going back a bit, but it is relevant."

Author: Karen Given Article title: 75 Years After The Women's Pro League, Bringing Baseball Back To Girls Website title: wbur Date of publication/revision: August 17, 2018 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/08/17/women-baseball-mone-davis

" A League of Their Own (Columbia) is an instance. It's about baseball -- the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League that was started in 1943 for fear that the war would deplete the ranks of the major leagues. (Which didn't happen.) It's an interesting subject."

Author: Kauffmann, Stanley. Artical title: "Stanley Kauffmann on Films." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: New Republic, vol. 207, no. 6 Date of original publication: Aug. 1992 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 28-29. Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was the first, and to date, the only women's professional baseball league in United States history. Yet many people are unaware of the league's existence."

Author: Laura J. Kenow Article title: The All-American Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL): A Review of Literature and Its Reflection of Gender Issues. Website title: Digital Commons@Linfield Date of publication/revision: 2010 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: http://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=hhpafac_pubs

"A League of Their Own" came out 25 years ago today, but the Penny Marshall-directed film is far more than just a movie for the women who took the baseball diamond more than 70 years ago during World War II and for years after."

Author: MICHAEL ROTHMAN Article title: 'A League of Their Own': A real-life former player on what the film got right Website title: abc News Date of publication/revision: July 1, 2017, 8:46 AM Date accessed: 2020 Jan 12 URL: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/league-real-life-player-film/story?id=48374462

"Over the past 30 years, the exhibit, re-curated and renamed Diamond Dreams in 2006, continues to inspire males and females alike with the stories of those girls and women who still break through baseball's glass ceilings at numerous levels: From Maria Pepe's lawsuit to just be able to play Little League baseball through Mo'ne Davis' standout performances at the 2014 Little League World Series; from the Bloomer Girls of yesteryear to the AAGPBL and, later, the Colorado Silver Bullets; from Ila Borders pitching in a North American men's professional league to Eri Yoshida doing the same on both sides of the Pacific Ocean."

Author: Matt Rothenberg Article title: 30 YEARS AGO, THE AAGPBL CAME TO COOPERSTOWN Website title: National Baseball Hall Of Fame Date of publication/revision: unknown Date accessed: 2020 Jan 13 URL: https://baseballhall.org/discover/women-in-baseball-exhibit-made-history-in-cooperstown

"During World War II, America's most popular sport went to the girls. From 1943 to 1954, women played baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). By 1954, a total of 10 teams were formed with close to 1 million fans watching them play. Some of these teams survived the entire 11-year period, while others only lasted one or two seasons."

Author: Melvin Porter Article title: When Women Ruled Baseball: The AAGPBL Website title: How They Play Date of publication/revision: Updated on March 25, 2019 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://howtheyplay.com/team-sports/When-Girls-Ruled-Baseball

"Throughout the United States, museums like the Grand Rapids Public Museum are carefully preserving the uniforms of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League."

Author: Melvin, Andrea. Artical title: "The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Uniform." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Dress (Taylor & Francis Ltd), vol. 44 Date of original publication: Oct. 2018 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 119-132. Date acessed: January 9th 2020

"There's no crying in baseball" is the quote, and A League of Their Own is the movie. It comes when Tom Hanks, in the role of usually-inebriated manager Jimmy Dugan, is berating one of the players on his team, the Rockford Peaches, and she starts crying. She starts crying, because all the players were women — just as they actually were in the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League."

Author: Natalie Weiner Article title: How 'A League Of Their Own' impacted the way people see women in sports Website title: SBNATION Date of publication/revision: Dec 18, 2018, 5:04pm EST Date accessed: 2020 jan 11 URL: https://www.sbnation.com/2018/12/18/18147135/penny-marshall-a-league-of-their-own-impacted-women-in-sports

"The article discusses baseball conduct and true womanhood. Many know the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from the motion picture "A League of Their Own."

Author: Pierman CJ. Article title: BASEBALL CONDUCT, AND TRUE WOMANHOOD. Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Women's Studies Quarterly 33 Date of original publication: Spring/Summer2005 2005 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 68-85. Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"The two primary characters in A League of Their Own may be fictional ballplaying sisters, but they are very real products of their era. Dottie Hinson (Geena Davis) yearns for her husband's return from the war and has no sense of the importance of the AAGPBL. Conversely, playing in the league allows Kit Keller (Lori Petty) a freedom for which she yearns but otherwise could not enjoy, given her gender and the prevailing culture."

Author: Rob Edelman Article title: "There's No Crying in Baseball": Balls, Bats, and Women in Baseball Movies Website title: Society For American Baseball Research Date of publication/revision: 2011 The National Pastime Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://sabr.org/research/theres-no-crying-baseball-balls-bats-and-women-baseball-movies

"The article profiles attorney Margaret Cassidy, who founded the group the League of Women Lawyers, which assists women attorneys in connecting with other professionals."

Author: Robert, Amanda. Artical title: "A League of Their Own." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: ABA Journal, vol. 105, Date of original publication: Apr. 2019 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: pp. 66-67. Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"At the time, it seemed as if the women's league might mean the financial survival of the major league baseball franchises and their owners. The movie gives us a Chicago candy-bar mogul in place of the Wrigleys and shows his agents scouting the countryside for women who could play ball. In a rural area of Oregon, the scout finds two sisters, Dottie and Kit (Geena Davis and Lori Petty), one who can catch and hit, the other who can throw but is a sucker for high, fast balls."

Author: Roger Ebert Article title: A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN Website title: Robert Ebert Reviews Date of publication/revision: July 1, 1992 Date accessed: 2020 11 Jan URL: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-league-of-their-own-1992

"Examines the reasons why women's team sports don't get corporate sponsors, television coverage, fan support, etc. Looks at women's softball, basketball, volleyball, and baseball."

Author: Rounds, K Artical title: "Why Men Fear Women's Teams." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Ms, vol. 1, no. 4 Date of original publication: Jan. 1991 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: p. 43 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 10

"Baseball: once considered a man's sport had soon found itself in a crisis in the fall of 1942. Men had gone to fill the ranks for World War II while America's favorite pastime had left a gaping hole in the hearts of many Americans. Major League Baseball (MLB) raced to find male recruits' but finally turned to its last option: women."

Author: SYDNEY PRITCHARD Article title: 1940s women's baseball league was real deal Website title: The Daily Gazette Date of publication/revision: May 9, 2014 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11th URL: https://dailygazette.com/article/2014/05/09/1940s-womens-baseball-league-was-real-deal

"The movie came out in 1992, and my friend's mom rented it a year or so later from Blockbuster, on a night when I was over for a sleepover. This friend — her name was Chelsea — was insistent that we watch. She'd seen it once already with her older brother. Girls don't play baseball, I thought. I told her I wasn't interested."

Author: Seaward Darby Article title: A League of Their Own Taught Me How to Be a Woman Website title: The Cut Date of publication/revision: DEC. 19, 2018 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 10 URL: https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/a-league-of-their-own.html

"It's supposed to be hard," he says. "If it wasn't hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great."

Author: Tara Sullivan Article title: Penny Marshall and the lasting impact of 'A League of Their Own' Website title: Boston Globe Date of publication/revision: December 19, 2018, 11:28 a.m. Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2018/12/19/penny-marshall-and-lasting-impact-league-their-own/8Pg1xqG4Y6ji3Q5nH3xK8I/story.html

"Many know the AAGPBL from the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own," which starred Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell."

Author: Terry Flores Article title: History league commemorates 75th anniversary of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Website title: Kenosha News Date of publication/revision: Jul 29, 2018 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/history-league-commemorates-th-anniversary-of-all-american-girls-professional/article_c3fd961a-131c-515f-8ce9-a5aa59302a02.html

"Profiles the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) which was founded in 1943."

Author: Tilin A. Artical title: A league of their own. Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Women's Sports & Fitness. Date of original publication: Dec. 1991 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: p. 11 Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

"In 1943, worried that World War II and the draft would hurt baseball revenues, Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley decided to create a professional women's baseball league to capture the public interest and bring in money."

Author: Trevor Hammond Article title: Find: All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Website title: FishWrap Date of publication/revision: March 10 2016 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://blog.newspapers.com/find-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league/

"The central relationship is between the two sisters, Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty), but other women have strong subplots. Throughout the film, relevant, if subtle, points made about the gender wage gap, childcare burdens, and other women's rights issues."

Author: Trystan L. Bass Article title: TBT: A League of Their Own (1992) Website title: Frock Flicks Date of publication/revision: August 16, 2018 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: http://www.frockflicks.com/tbt-a-league-of-their-own-1992/

"In 1943 at the height of World War II, when women well over voting age could still be called girls, Philip K. Wrigley, of the Chicago Cubs, and other prominent baseball figures got together to form the nonprofit All American Girls Professional Baseball League. It was a stopgap idea. Its aim: to fill the vacuum if, as seemed possible, the major league clubs lost too many of their players to the armed services."

Author: Vincent Canby Article title: Review/Film; For the Girls of Summer, Pop Flies and Charm School Website title: The New York Times Date of publication/revision: July 1, 1992 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/01/movies/review-film-for-the-girls-of-summer-pop-flies-and-charm-school.html

"The increase of women workers in industry during World War II coincided with an increase in sport participation and competition. From 1943 to 1954, the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) allowed talented women athletes a chance to play professional baseball."

Author: Weiller KH, Higgs CT. Artical title: The All American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943-1954: Gender Conflict in Sport? Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Sociology of Sport Journal. Date of original publication: Sept. 1994 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: vol. 11, no. 3 Date acessed: 10 January 2020

"The increase of women workers in industry during World War II coincided with an increase in sport participation and competition. From 1943 to 1954, the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) allowed talented women athletes a chance to play professional baseball. "

Author: Weiller, Karen H., and Catriona T. Higgs. Artical title: "The All American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943-1954: Gender Conflict in Sport?" Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Sociology of Sport Journal Date of original publication: Sept. 1994 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: p289-297 Date acessed: January 9th 2020

"Explores the profile of a sports fan committed to the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL)."

Author: Weiller, Karen H., and Catriona T. Higgs. Artical title: Fandom in the 40's: The integrating functions of All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: Journal of Sport Behavior, vol. 20, Date of original publication: June 1997 Name of database: EBSCOhost Page number: p. 211 Date acessed: 2020 Jan 10

The United States is credited with developing several popular sports, including some (such as baseball, gridiron football, and basketball) that have large fan bases and, to varying degrees, have been adopted internationally.

Author: unknown Artical title: "Baseball." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: none Date of original publication: 19 Nov. 2019. Name of database: Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica Page number: 3 of 3 Date accessed: 9 Jan. 2020.

"Kamenshek showed promise as an outfielder with a local softball league by the time she was 17. A scout for the newly created All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) persuaded her to try out in Chicago. "

Author: unknown Artical title: "Dorothy Kamenshek." Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: none Date of original publication: 27 Apr. 2011. Name of database: Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica Page number: 3 of 3 Date acessed: January 9th

"Racial segregation, the practice of restricting people to certain circumscribed areas of residence or to separate institutions (e.g., schools, churches) and facilities (parks, playgrounds, restaurants, restrooms) on the basis of race or alleged race."

Author: unknown Artical title: "racial segregation" Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: none Date of original publication: 25 Apr. 2019. Name of database: Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica Page number: 3 of 3 Date acessed: 9 Jan. 2020.

"The league began play in 1876 as the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, replacing the failed National Association of Professional Base Ball Players."

Author: unknown Artical title: National League (NL). Original Magazine/ journal/ newspaper: none Date of original publication: 1 Apr. 2013. Name of database: Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica Page number: 3 of 3 Date acessed: 9 Jan. 2020.

"By 1942, the war- effort on the home front was in full swing, creating an unprecedented opportunity for women to enter the workforce outside the domestic sphere; particularly in defense manufacturing jobs. If Rosie could rivet, then she could also pitch, catch and steal second! And it turns out; women's baseball was exactly what the country needed. "

Author:Tate Delloye Article title: From homemakers to home plate: True story of the professional women's baseball teams that pitched in to save America's favorite pastime during WWII - becoming the inspiration for A League of Their Own and a new TV show based on the 1992 movie Website title: Daily Mail .com Date of publication/revision: PUBLISHED: 10:19 EST, 7 March 2019 | UPDATED: 10:48 EST, 7 March 2019 Date accessed: 2020 Jan 11 URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6782699/The-professional-womens-baseball-league-WWII-inspired-1992-movie-League-Own.html