Umpire in a Skirt: The Amanda Clement Story

by Marilyn Kratz

Book Overview

Just over one hundred years ago, women did not play baseball, and they certainly did not umpire the games. But one young woman in South Dakota changed all that in the summer of 1904. Quickly becoming a national sensation for her umpiring, she even met a president. That summer Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire in the United States. She might have worn a skirt, but players respected her, and fans paid to see her umpire. She...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984504125
• ISBN13: 9780984504121
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: South Dakota Historical Society Press
• Length: 45 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7