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Browse through the gallery selection of materials from the archives of the
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and other groups and organizations.
The gallery has been split into sections corresponding with the flow of
the live electronic field trip broadcast: Life in the League, Style of
Play, Camaraderie and Teamwork, and Breaking Barriers. Several other general
galleries follow.
Click the link in the list here to launch the individual galleries. When a
gallery window is open, just click through the thumbnails in the bottom frame
of the webpage to see close-up views of the samples.
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| Leaving home young was a fact of playing in the AAGPBL.
Women left home to play in the league as young as 16 years old.
Chaperones accompanied them on many occasions.
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Originally the baseball played by the women in the AAGPBL
was an altered form of softball. As the league continued, the game
play came closer and closer to that of regulation baseball. |
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| Even though trading was common throughout the AAGPBL,
the women kept friendships across team lines. Together they were
able to make the AAGPBL a success. |
The AAGPBL afforded women a good chance to break down
some walls developed to divide their work and life opportunities
from men's. Other women's sports leagues since then have continued
that practice and opportunity.
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| The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opened
its women in baseball exhibit in 1988. |
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| Browse this gallery of equipment used during the years
of the AAGPBL. |
From the collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
and Museum comes this scrapbook kept by AAGPBL player Audrey Wagner
during her years in the league. |
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