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Girls of Summer: The Real Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Girls of Summer The Real Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Author:Lois Browne Girls of Summer: In Their Own League by Lois Browne is a colorful chronicle of a forgotten women's professional baseball league, as recalled by the very women and men who were a part of it all. — The idea for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League came from Philip K. Wrigley, the great chewing-gum mogul and owner of... more » the Chicago Cubs, who feared the effect of WWII on the major leagues, many of whose players weren't waiting to be drafted before joining up.« less