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Joyce Westerman: baseball hero

By Bob , All-American Girls Professional Baseball League;Westerman , Joyce;Kann

Book information

Publisher
Wisconsin Historical Society Press;State Historical Society of Wisconsin
ISBN
9780870204869, 9780870206009, 0870206001
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3837223 bytes)
Series
Badger biographies
Pages
(vii, 112 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Sports;GAMES--Gambling-Joyce;All-American Girls Professional Baseball Lea

Description

Contents -- 1. Sometimes Dreams Come True -- 2. Losing Their Home -- 3. “Wow, She Can Really Workâ€? -- 4. “They Finally Got Tired of My Askingâ€? -- 5. Playing Ball during the War -- 6. Tryouts -- 7. “Am I Going to Be Able to Keep Up with These Girls?â€? -- 8. “I Was Just Too Serious about Everythingâ€? -- 9. “Thereâ€?s No Crying in Baseballâ€? -- 10. Hitting the Ball Hard and Far -- 11. Champions! -- 12. A League of Their Own -- Appendix: Joyceâ€?s Time Line -- Glossary -- Reading Group Guide and Activities;Chronicles the life of a woman who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League at a time when few women had the opportunity to play professional sports. Contents -- 1. Sometimes Dreams Come True -- 2. Losing Their Home -- 3. “Wow, She Can Really Workâ€? -- 4. “They Finally Got Tired of My Askingâ€? -- 5. Playing Ball during the War -- 6. Tryouts -- 7. “Am I Going to Be Able to Keep Up with These Girls?â€? -- 8. “I Was Just Too Serious about Everythingâ€? -- 9. “Thereâ€?s No Crying in Baseballâ€? -- 10. Hitting the Ball Hard and Far -- 11. Champions! -- 12. A League of Their Own -- Appendix: Joyceâ€?s Time Line -- Glossary -- Reading Group Guide and Activities To Learn More about Women in BaseballAcknowledgments -- Index

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