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Author:   Merrie A. Fidler
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.671kg
ISBN:  

9780786460892

ISBN 10:   078646089
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   28 October 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables      Acknowledgments      Foreword by Jean Cione      Preface      PART I—HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1: The Establishment of Softball as a Sport for American Women, 1900–1940      PART II—LEAGUE ADMINISTRATION 2: The Trustee Administration, 1943–1944      3: Establishing the Public Image: Publicity and Promotion, 1943–1944      4: The Management Corporation, 1945–1950      5: Expansion of Public Exposure: Publicity and Promotion, 1945–1950      6: Independent Team Owners, 1951–1954      7: Decentralization of Publicity and Promotion, 1951–1954      PART III—TEAM ADMINISTRATION 8: Team Administrative Structure and Personnel      9: Team Managers      10: Chaperones      PART IV—THE PLAYERS 11: Player Recruitment and Sociological Characteristics      12: AAGBBL Player Policies and Regulations      13: AAGBBL All-Stars      PART V—BEYOND THE PLAYING FIELD 14: The Newsletter and the First National Reunion      15: The Archives and the Baseball Hall of Fame      16: The Organization of the Players’ Association and A League of Their Own      17: The Players' Association, 1990–2004      PART VI—SUMMATION 18: Summary and Conclusions      PART VII—APPENDICES Appendix 1: AAGPBL Players’ Association Offices and Committee Positions Held, 1980–2004      Appendix 2: AAGBBL Highlights      Appendix 3: The League Song      Appendix 4: AAGBBL Champions      Appendix 5: AAGBBL Point Rating Chart      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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this book is both a great narrative tale as well as an important reference book on the women's league --SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter well worth picking up and reading --Women in Baseball Committee Newsletter a tremendously thorough study of our league. If other books written about our league were combined, they still would never compare to the masterful finished product of [this] book. It is an amazing piece of work! --Helen Gig Smith (Kenosha Comets 1947, Grand Rapids Chicks 1948) at last, the story in full of the AAGPBL in one volume!...well-organized and thorough...a significant contribution to the game's rich history --Jean Hastings Ardell, author, Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime.

this book is both a great narrative tale as well as an important reference book on the women's league --<i>SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter</i>; well worth picking up and reading --<i>Women in Baseball Committee Newsletter</i>; a tremendously thorough study of our league. If other books written about our league were combined, they still would never compare to the masterful finished product of [this] book. It is an amazing piece of work! --Helen Gig Smith (Kenosha Comets 1947, Grand Rapids Chicks 1948); at last, the story in full of the AAGPBL in one volume!...well-organized and thorough...a significant contribution to the game's rich history --Jean Hastings Ardell, author, <i>Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime</i>.

this book is both a great narrative tale as well as an important reference book on the women's league --SABR Bibliography Committee Newsletter; well worth picking up and reading --Women in Baseball Committee Newsletter; a tremendously thorough study of our league. If other books written about our league were combined, they still would never compare to the masterful finished product of [this] book. It is an amazing piece of work! --Helen Gig Smith (Kenosha Comets 1947, Grand Rapids Chicks 1948); at last, the story in full of the AAGPBL in one volume!...well-organized and thorough...a significant contribution to the game's rich history --Jean Hastings Ardell, author, Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime.

Author Information

Retired teacher and coach Merrie A. Fidler has published several articles regarding the history of women in sports. She lives in Trinidad, California.

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