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The Belles of Baseball: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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The Belles of Baseball 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. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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ISBN-13:	9781624023101
Publisher:	ABDO
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Series:	Hidden Heroes Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Chapter 1 Play Ball! 4

Chapter 2 Not for Boys Only 14

Chapter 3 The Birth of the AAGPBL 26

Chapter 4 The Rise and Decline of the AAGPBL 40

Chapter 5 Jean Faut: Rhymes with "Out" 56

Chapter 6 Dottie Kamenshek: Fine at First 66

Chapter 7 Doris Sams: All-Star 74

Chapter 8 Dottie Collins: Strike! 82

Chapter 9 Outside the White Lines 88

Timeline 98

Essential Facts 100

Glossary 102

Additional Resources 104

Source Notes 106

Index 110

About the Author 112

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