{"product_id":"research-notes-for-women-at-play-the-story-of-women-in-baseball-lizzie-arlington-alta-weiss-lizzie-murphy-edith-houghton-jackie-mitchell-babe-d-paperback","title":"Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball: Lizzie Arlington, Alta Weiss, Lizzie Murphy, Edith Houghton, Jackie Mitchell, Babe D - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Gregorich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eResearch Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, Volume 2, \u003c\/i\u003e is a chronological collection of public domain newspaper articles and public documents - research information on which \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play\u003c\/i\u003e was based.\u003ci\u003eResearch Notes, Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e documented women ballplayers of the late 19th Century, most of them Bloomer Girls. \u003ci\u003eVolume II\u003c\/i\u003e documents six women who played on otherwise all-male teams from roughly 1890 through 1935: \u003cb\u003eLizzie Arlington, \u003c\/b\u003e who signed a minor-league contract in 1898\u003cb\u003eAlta Weiss, \u003c\/b\u003e who pitched against men's teams throughout Ohio\u003cb\u003eLizzie Murphy, \u003c\/b\u003e who played semipro ball for over twenty years\u003cb\u003eEdith Houghton, \u003c\/b\u003e who was playing semipro ball at the age of ten\u003cb\u003eJackie Mitchell, \u003c\/b\u003e who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931\u003cb\u003eBabe Didrikson, \u003c\/b\u003e who pitched spring training against major league teams\u003ci\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most important of the newspaper and magazine articles about these six players, some articles in their entirety and some in summary. Included at the end of the volume is \"The Only Lizzie,\" an article about Lizzie Arlington.This book will be of interest to baseball researchers in general, to women in baseball who want to know their history, to people who enjoy reading old newspaper articles, to high school English teachers who assign research topics and papers to students, and to all teachers interested in introducing students to primary source materials. In this volume you will find untold stories about women in sports; primary source materials; research paper materials; and the daily or twice-daily games played by barnstorming women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Gregorich's baseball writing started with the well-received novel, She's on First. This story of the first female major leaguer was praised by Publishers Weekly, which wrote that \"all baseball fans will appreciate Gregorich's sure feel for the game . . . the baseball scenes are crackerjack, and readers should end up wondering, 'Why not?'\" After writing the fictional version of women in baseball, Gregorich began the long job of researching the true story of women who played hardball. The result of that research was Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, published by Harcourt, 1993. Women at Play won the SABR-Macmillan Award for Best Baseball Research of the Year. In 2013 Women at Play was included in Ron Kaplan's 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. The work that went into researching women who played baseball (from 1875 onward) was intense, and the accumulated articles filled several file boxes. In 2010 Gregorich published Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, Volume I, offering the most important of the newspaper articles she had found - some in their entirety and some in summary. This, Volume II of Research Notes, brings the story of women in baseball into the early 20th century, featuring news-making heroes such as Alta Weiss, Jackie Mitchell, and Babe Didrikson. \u2028Gregorich studied at Kent State University, the University of Wisconsin, and Harvard. She worked as an English instructor, a typesetter and a letter carrier. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Phil Passen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51806093639968,"sku":"9781491023594","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0e9c5c228ad9cb7725c10dcba633ee85.webp?v=1780918359","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/research-notes-for-women-at-play-the-story-of-women-in-baseball-lizzie-arlington-alta-weiss-lizzie-murphy-edith-houghton-jackie-mitchell-babe-d-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}