Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball

by Jennifer Ring

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This history of women in baseball demonstrates that, far from being strictly a men's sport, baseball has long been enjoyed and played by Americans of all genders, races, and classes since it became popular in the 1830s. The game itself was invented by English girls and boys, and when it immigrated to the United States, numerous prominent women's colleges formed intramural teams and fielded intensely spirited and powerful players. With the professionalization...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0252032829

ISBN13:9780252032820

Release Date:March 2009

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Baseball Miscellaneous Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation Women in Sports Women's Studies

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