Jennifer Ring is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the author of
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List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Baseball and American Women
1. The Dream and Its Challenges
2. Cary, 2010
3. From Cary to Caracas
Part 2. The Veterans
4. Tamara Holmes
5. Donna Mills
6. Jenny Dalton Hill
Part 3. Softball and Baseball Players
7. Tara Harbert
8. Veronica Alvarez
9. Sarah Gascon
10. Jenna Marston
Part 4. Baseball Girls
11. Malaika Underwood
12. Marti Sementelli
13. Lilly Jacobson
14. Meggie Meidlinger
Part 5. Gender Segregation, Equality, and Women’s Baseball
15. America’s Team
16. Grassroots Women’s Baseball
17. USA Baseball
Appendix A: Player Interview Questions
Appendix B: USA Baseball Women’s National Team Rosters and Current Women’s Baseball Leagues and Teams in the United States
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
About the author
Jennifer Ring is a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the author of
Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball.
Summary
Twenty American women were selected to represent Team USA in the fourth Women's Baseball World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela in 2010; most Americans, however, had no idea such a team even existed. A Game of Their Own chronicles the largely invisible history of women in baseball and offers an account of the 2010 Women's World Cup tournament.
