A League of Their Own
My mother was a professional baseball player in the All American Girl’s Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in the 1940s. The league was established by chewing gum magnate Philip K. Wrigley during WWII to provide sports entertainment in the small factory towns in the industrial heartland. My mother - Helen Callaghan - was recruited from Vancouver, Canada as one of the original players in the league. Her sister Margaret - as portrayed in the Columbia Pictures movie made from the documentary - was also signed to the league.
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Read more about the documentary here.
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