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Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women who Won the World Championship

by Doreen Rappaport, Lyndall Callan · 2000

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Margaret experiences the excitement of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings.

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sportssportsMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrensyoung adult

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