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LEAGUE OF THEIR OWNLEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACTSELECTIVE SERVICE ACTREQUIRED THAT ALL MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-45 REQUIRED THAT ALL MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-45
REGISTER WITH LOCAL DRAFT BOARDSREGISTER WITH LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS
ROSIE THE RIVETERROSIE THE RIVETERWOMEN JOIN THE WORK FORCE TO TAKE OVER MEN WOMEN JOIN THE WORK FORCE TO TAKE OVER MEN
AT WARAT WAR
BASEBALLBASEBALLAMERICAAMERICA’’S PASTIMES PASTIME
BASEBALL LOSES STARSBASEBALL LOSES STARSJOE DIAMAGGIOJOE DIAMAGGIO TED WILLIAMSTED WILLIAMS
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT““IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF COUNTRY IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF COUNTRY
TO KEEP BASEBALLTO KEEP BASEBALL””
PHILLIP WRIGLEYPHILLIP WRIGLEYCREATED THE ALL AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL CREATED THE ALL AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL
BASEBALL LEAGUEBASEBALL LEAGUE
FEARED MAJOR FEARED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEAGUE BASEBALL WOULD BE WOULD BE SUSPENDED B/C OF SUSPENDED B/C OF WWIIWWII
KEN SELLSKEN SELLSCOMES UP WITH GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE AND COMES UP WITH GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE AND
HELPED RUN ITHELPED RUN IT
JACKIE ROBINSONJACKIE ROBINSONFIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN BASEBALL IN 1947FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN BASEBALL IN 1947
LIKE MEN AFRICAN LIKE MEN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AMERICAN WOMEN COULD NOT PLAY COULD NOT PLAY IN THE LEAGUEIN THE LEAGUE
TEAMS LOCATED NEAR TEAMS LOCATED NEAR CHICAGOCHICAGO
1.RACINE BELLES1.RACINE BELLES
2.KENOSHA COMETS,2.KENOSHA COMETS,
3.ROCKFORD PEACHES3.ROCKFORD PEACHES
4.SOUTH BEND BLUE 4.SOUTH BEND BLUE
SOXSOX
TO KEEP TRAVEL TO KEEP TRAVEL COSTS DOWNCOSTS DOWN
TEAMSTEAMS15 PLAYERS15 PLAYERS
CONSISTED OF:CONSISTED OF:
1.MANAGER- 1.MANAGER- USUALLY USUALLY
AN EX BASEBALL AN EX BASEBALL
PLAYERPLAYER
2.BUSINESS 2.BUSINESS MANAGERMANAGER
3.WOMEN3.WOMEN’’S S CHAPERONECHAPERONE
ALL WOMEN HAD ALL WOMEN HAD TO BE FEMININE, TO BE FEMININE, PROPER HYGIENE, PROPER HYGIENE, GOOD MANNERS GOOD MANNERS AND DRESSCODEAND DRESSCODE
ALL HAD TO ALL HAD TO ATTEND CHARM ATTEND CHARM SCHOOLSCHOOL
NO SMOKING OR NO SMOKING OR DRINKINGDRINKING
MUST WEAR MUST WEAR MAKEUP AT ALL MAKEUP AT ALL TIMES AND HAIR TIMES AND HAIR MUST BE NEATMUST BE NEAT
NO SWEARINGNO SWEARING
RULES RULES THE SAME AS BASEBALL EXCEPTTHE SAME AS BASEBALL EXCEPT….….
USED SOFTBALL USED SOFTBALL UNTIL 1946UNTIL 1946
PITCHED PITCHED UNDERHAND UNTIL UNDERHAND UNTIL 19461946
FIELD DIMENSIONS FIELD DIMENSIONS SMALLERSMALLER
HONORING THE TROOPSHONORING THE TROOPS
ARTHUR MEYERHOFFARTHUR MEYERHOFFBUYS ALL AMERICAN GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE BUYS ALL AMERICAN GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE
FROM WRIGLEYFROM WRIGLEY
LEAGUE ENDS IN LEAGUE ENDS IN 19541954