{"product_id":"research-notes-for-women-at-play-the-story-of-women-in-baseball-maud-nelson-the-philadelphia-bobbies-leona-kearns-margaret-gisolo-nellie-kearns-paperback","title":"Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball: Maud Nelson, The Philadelphia Bobbies, Leona Kearns, Margaret Gisolo, Nellie Kearns - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Gregorich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis eye-opening collection of \u003cb\u003eoriginal author research\u003c\/b\u003e materials on \u003cb\u003ewomen pioneers in sports \u003c\/b\u003eexcites baseball fans and historians as well as English teachers and all those interested in the untold stories of women - in this case, of women who defied all odds, played baseball, and made history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eMaud Nelson, \u003c\/b\u003e the single most important person in the history of women in baseball, ended her 50-year career in 1934 - but not before finding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eRose Gacioch\u003c\/b\u003e, the 18-year-old pitcher\/outfielder who hit inside-the-park home runs and then went on to join the Rockford Peaches of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough original newspaper and magazine articles as well as government reports, Volume 3 of \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes for Women at Play\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life triumphs at home and tragedy abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese fascinating baseball stories from the past are primary source materials for English teachers and all those interested in \u003cb\u003ewomen in sports\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor her research and writings on women in baseball, Barbara Gregorich received the 2024 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Gregorich's baseball writing started with the well-received novel \u003ci\u003eShe's on First.\u003c\/i\u003e This story of the first female major leaguer was praised by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, \u003c\/i\u003e published by Harcourt, 1993. \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play\u003c\/i\u003e won the SABR-Macmillan Award for Best Baseball Research of the Year. In 2013 \u003ci\u003eWomen at Play\u003c\/i\u003e was included in Ron Kaplan's \u003ci\u003e501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die.\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, Volume I, \u003c\/i\u003e offering the most important of the newspaper articles she had found - some in their entirety and some in summary. Volume II followed in 2013 and Volume III in 2015, concluding the \u003ci\u003eResearch Notes\u003c\/i\u003e series. In addition to writing about baseball, Gregorich has written the mystery novels \u003ci\u003eDirty Proof\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSound Proof.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also written the well-received \u003ci\u003eGuide to Writing the Mystery Novel: Lots of Examples, Plus Dead Bodies.\u003c\/i\u003e \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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43426475180099,"sku":"9781517697150","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/research-notes-for-women-at-play-the-story-of-women-in-baseball-maud-nelson-the-philadelphia-bobbies-leona-kearns-margaret-gisolo-nellie-kearns-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}