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