Why read We Were the All-American Girls?

Book cover of We Were the All-American Girls: Interviews with Players of the AAGPBL, 1943-1954

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Here are 42 interviews with women who competed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Each interview is a separate chapter featuring data about the player, a short bio of her athletic career, and the player's recollections. A brief history covers the many changes as the League evolved from underhand…

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Why read it?

1 author picked We Were the All-American Girls as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Susie Finkbeiner

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As I researched the AAGPBL for my novel, I wanted to learn what it was like to play women’s baseball from the mouths of those who lived it.

This book was instrumental in helping me piece together, not just the stories of what happened, but the personalities of those in the league. Each interview told the story of a woman who overcame, achieved, dreamed big, and had a lot of fun doing it.

Entertaining and touching, these stories of women playing ball in a male-dominated sport will inspire just about anyone.

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