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"Dirt on Their Skirts: 150 Years of Pioneers in Women's Baseball"
is an electronic field trip put together through a partnership between
Insite at Ball State University's Teachers
College, the Best Buy Children's Foundation,
the National Baseball Hall
of Fame and Museum, and Project VIEW:
Schenectady City School District.
Read stories about the March 18, 2003, live Electronic Field Trip broadcast
via satellite and internet from Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Share
your own stories about your interaction during the field trip by emailing
insite@bsu.edu.
Following the Electronic Field Trip "Dirt on Their Skirts,"
Patty Gracey, teacher from Dolgeville Central School and a participant
in the live program, wrote this poem with inspiration from the field trip.
During the live webcast an interactive forum was available for students
to ask questions of content experts. The guest experts read questions
as they were posted, and responded immediately. While the forum is not
currently being monitored you can still learn from the interaction.
Click through the interactive map to learn about the teams that were a
part of the AAPGBL as well as a couple other women's baseball teams that
will be featured during the live broadcast. Many other women's baseball
teams and leagues have played through the years, as well there are several
in existence now. The electronic field trip associated with this site
will feature the teams of the AAGPBL and several other teams to explain
historical significance of women in baseball.
 Learn
about a variety of the women that played in the AAGPBL. Their profiles
include stories of their history in the league, photos and perhaps some
video of interviews with them since then.
 Throughout
the years the League was in existence, the League officials changed many
aspects of the game to continue building the fan base and to keep the
game engaging for the crowds. From a quickly shrinking ball, to a rapidly
growing field, the players of the AAGPBL had quite a bit to contend with
and get used to while playing the game of baseball. Navigate this Flash
animation with the balls at the bottom of the animation. Be sure your
Flash software is up to date,
as well.
Journey
through time as you learn about women breaking barriers and forging a
path through limitations that society tries to place upon them. This timeline
incorporates Women in Society, Women Breaking Barriers and Women in Baseball
(the three timelines used independently in the Women in Time activity).
Clicking on the purple text in the timeline will take you to websites
that offer more information about the particular historical figure or
period.
 View
a selection of clips from the 20th Century Fox Movie "A League of Their Own".
Listen to the commentary by "Dirt on Their Skirts" electronic field
trip host, Tim Wiles, as he explains the importance of each of the selected scenes.
"A League of Their Own" is a rather accurate portrayal of the AAGPBL
and life for the players in the league.
Hear
the stories directly from the mouths of the women that played in the AAGPBL.
Four players: Shirley Bukovich, Jean Cione, Delores Brumfield White and
Jane Moffet share some tales of life in the league.
Browse
a variety of galleries of photos, collector cards and other memorabilia
from the age of the AAGPBL.
This
diary is the journal that Betty Russell kept while playing for the Racine
Belles in 1946. It chronicles her life during the season, as well as many
of her teams wins and losses.
The
Guide for All-American Girls was their key to "how to look better,
feel better and be more popular." Each girl was issued a guide to
follow throughout her duration with the league.
As
with any professional sport, the players had to contract themselves to
the organization for which they played. This contract (also used in one
of the activities within this website), is an actual one used during the
time of the AAGPBL.
Many
people believe Wrigley Field to be the all-American ballpark. Fact is,
the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League actually had its beginnings
at Wrigley Field and with the man behind the park, Philip Wrigley.
The
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is the reason the "Dirt
on Their Skirts" website and program exist. The AAGPBL showed women
breaking out of the molds typically assigned to them, as they assumed
the roles of ball players for our nation during a time of war.
The
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has been the mecca of all things
baseball since 1939. Learn a little bit about the beginnings of this national
icon.
 As
heard when you first opened this website, "Dirt on my Skirt"
was written to accompany this website and the electronic field trip.
The
Victory Song of the AAGPBL was co-written by LaVonne "Pepper"
Paire-Davis and Nalda "Bird" Phillips.
 The
content in the activities and throughout this website owes itself to many
other references. This list mentions several of them, but continues on
to give a good comprehensive list of books and magazine articles that
have been written about the subject of women in baseball.
This
website provides a good collection of information and learning activities
for students and teachers interested in women in sports – particularly
America's pastime, baseball. But the world wide web provides many more
opportunities to learn about baseball and women's struggle for equality
in the sports arena as well as throughout American society. Here
is a good sampling of links to get you started on your hunt.
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