Even though teenaged girl Jackie Mitchell once struck out Babe Ruth
and Lou Gehrig, women are still striking out on the hardball
diamond. This book builds on recently published histories of women
as amateur and professional players, umpires, sports commentators
and fans to analyze the cultural and historical contexts for
excluding females from America's past time. Drawing on
anthropological and feminist perspectives, the book examines the
ways that constructions of women's bodies and normative social
roles have pushed them toward softball instead of baseball.
Sportswriter accounts, ""Title IX"" sex-discrimination suits, and
interviews with players explore the obstacles and the social
isolation of females who join all-male baseball teams, while also
discussing policies that inhibit the practice.
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