Title The belles of baseball : the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League / by Nel Yomtov.

Publication Info.

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 796.357 YOM	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Teen	TEEN 796.357 YOM	Check Shelf

Description	112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Series	Hidden heroes
	Hidden heroes.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 104) and index.
Contents	Play ball! -- Not for boys only -- The birth of the AAGPBL -- The rise and decline of the AAGPBL -- Jean Faut: Rhymes with "out" -- Dottie Kamenshek: Fine at first -- Doris Sams: All-star -- Dottie Collins: Strike! -- Outside the white lines.
Summary	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.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR 7.6 3.0 187983.
	Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.6 3 187983.
Subject	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. (OCoLC)fst00676538
	Sports.
	Baseball.
	Baseball for women.
	Women baseball players.
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
	Juvenile works.
ISBN	9781680783865 (lib. bdg.)
	1680783866 (lib. bdg.)
	9781680797398 (ebook)

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