Women in Baseball
Women in Baseball Movie Assignment
During the 1940’s in the face of World War II the United States faced a crisis, the majority of every abled body man over the age of 18 either enlisted or was drafted into the military. With all the men leaving for war who was left to play baseball, since baseball had no exemption of the draft deemed by President Roosevelt. These put women in a tough spot, stay at home as women had done for years or leave the house and venture out for jobs. In my opinion the movie A League of Their Own which depicts the story of the AAGPBL, All American Girls Professional Baseball League, as they helped keep baseball alive during the war. The movie showed the brutality, bad conditions, and challenges faced by the women of the league; but did it depict the character of the players and managers? The movie A League of Their Own is a historical movie of the AAGPBL of the 1940’s and 1950’s. While the men were off fighting WWII in Europe and the Pacific, women were put in a difficult position. Should they stay home and continue being the typical house wife or go out and seek jobs, many women went out into the work place and started to work. One job of in particular changed how women were looked at in this country and also kept the greatest sport out there alive, baseball. Its founder however was not a Mr. Harvey founder of Harvey Chocolate bars as the movie says but the founder of Wrigley chewing gum Mr. Philip K. Wrigley. This is one difference in the movie that is rather important. Where there are differencing of the movie and history there are facts, one fact was that their salaries really did range from $45-$85. Another similarity was that the girls of the AAGPBL did indeed have to take classes on how to me a “real” lady and did wear short skirts, for their time, instead of pants. The one rule which Hollywood did get right was that the AAGPBL was strictly for white women only, and the scene with the black women picks the ball up and throws it
During the 1940’s in the face of World War II the United States faced a crisis, the majority of every abled body man over the age of 18 either enlisted or was drafted into the military. With all the men leaving for war who was left to play baseball, since baseball had no exemption of the draft deemed by President Roosevelt. These put women in a tough spot, stay at home as women had done for years or leave the house and venture out for jobs. In my opinion the movie A League of Their Own which depicts the story of the AAGPBL, All American Girls Professional Baseball League, as they helped keep baseball alive during the war. The movie showed the brutality, bad conditions, and challenges faced by the women of the league; but did it depict the character of the players and managers? The movie A League of Their Own is a historical movie of the AAGPBL of the 1940’s and 1950’s. While the men were off fighting WWII in Europe and the Pacific, women were put in a difficult position. Should they stay home and continue being the typical house wife or go out and seek jobs, many women went out into the work place and started to work. One job of in particular changed how women were looked at in this country and also kept the greatest sport out there alive, baseball. Its founder however was not a Mr. Harvey founder of Harvey Chocolate bars as the movie says but the founder of Wrigley chewing gum Mr. Philip K. Wrigley. This is one difference in the movie that is rather important. Where there are differencing of the movie and history there are facts, one fact was that their salaries really did range from $45-$85. Another similarity was that the girls of the AAGPBL did indeed have to take classes on how to me a “real” lady and did wear short skirts, for their time, instead of pants. The one rule which Hollywood did get right was that the AAGPBL was strictly for white women only, and the scene with the black women picks the ball up and throws it