1. LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

2. SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT REQUIRED THAT ALL MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-45 REGISTER WITH LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS

3. ROSIE THE RIVETER WOMEN JOIN THE WORK FORCE TO TAKE OVER MEN AT WAR

4. BASEBALL AMERICA’S PASTIME

5. BASEBALL LOSES STARS JOE DIAMAGGIO TED WILLIAMS

6. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT “IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF COUNTRY TO KEEP BASEBALL”

7. PHILLIP WRIGLEY CREATED THE ALL AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE FEARED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WOULD BE SUSPENDED B/C OF WWII

8. KEN SELLS COMES UP WITH GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE AND HELPED RUN IT

9. JACKIE ROBINSON FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN BASEBALL IN 1947 LIKE MEN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN COULD NOT PLAY IN THE LEAGUE

10. TEAMS LOCATED NEAR CHICAGO 1.RACINE BELLES 2.KENOSHA COMETS, 3.ROCKFORD PEACHES 4.SOUTH BEND BLUE SOX SOX TO KEEP TRAVEL COSTS DOWN

11. TEAMS 15 PLAYERS CONSISTED OF: 1.MANAGER- USUALLY AN EX BASEBALL AN EX BASEBALL PLAYER PLAYER 2.BUSINESS MANAGER 3.WOMEN ’ S CHAPERONE

12. ALL WOMEN HAD TO BE FEMININE, PROPER HYGIENE, GOOD MANNERS AND DRESSCODE ALL HAD TO ATTEND CHARM SCHOOL

13. NO SMOKING OR DRINKING MUST WEAR MAKEUP AT ALL TIMES AND HAIR MUST BE NEAT NO SWEARING

14. RULES THE SAME AS BASEBALL EXCEPT …. USED SOFTBALL UNTIL 1946 PITCHED UNDERHAND UNTIL 1946 FIELD DIMENSIONS SMALLER

15. HONORING THE TROOPS

16. ARTHUR MEYERHOFF BUYS ALL AMERICAN GIRLS BASEBALL LEAGUE FROM WRIGLEY LEAGUE ENDS IN 1954