Dirt on Their Skirts

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This Electronic Field Trip looks at pioneering women baseball players, owners, umpires, and teams from as early as 1866, all the way up to present day women playing and working in baseball. The common thread running through the stories examined is the efforts of women and girls to be a part of America's national pastime: baseball.

Many Americans are surprised to learn that women once played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), from 1943–1954. Founded by Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley as a method to entertain Americans and keep ball parks full during World War II, the league provided an unprecedented opportunity for young women to play professional baseball, see the country, and aspire to careers beyond the traditional female roles of teacher, secretary, nurse, librarian, or housewife.

This entry is a repeat of node #19119.

Women and the New Deal

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Professor Esther Katz of New York University says that the New Deal presented new opportunities for women to organize grassroots movements, but their achievements did not last long beyond the New Deal.

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The Lowell Girls

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This iCue Mini-Documentary presents the textile industry in Lowell, MA, as representative of the transition of American girls from the farms to the factories.

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Educating Women

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the many roles women filled during the American Revolution, from assisting as soldiers to running households. These strides in independence led women to clamor for greater freedom after the war.

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