American Decades
Fort Wayne Daisies: 1947 Yearbook
Program
By: Fort Wayne Daisies
Date: 1947
Source: Fort Wayne Daisies: 1947 Yearbook. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Sherman, White, 1947. Excerpts reprinted in Johnson-Noga, Aleene. "All-American Girls' Baseball League—Its History in Brief—1943 to 1946." All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1943–1954. Available online at http://www.aagpbl.org/articles/arti_bh.html; website home page: http://www.aagpbl.org (accessed April 20, 2003).
About the Organization: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) sponsored women's baseball from 1943 to 1954. Some of the best records of the league are found in the yearbooks of the individual teams. After its demise, the league was repeatedly honored for its contribution to American sports and women's athletics. In...
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- Copyright Page
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