No Girls in the Clubhouse: The Exclusion of Women from Baseball

by Marilyn Cohen

Book Overview

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 pastime. Drawing on anthropological and feminist perspectives, the book examines the ways that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078644018X
• ISBN13: 9780786440184
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher