This movie is on my top ten best list! I have watched it countless times and never get tired of it! One note of interest. Several years ago, I had a major paper assingned for a really hard ethics class I was taking. The teacher gave us a list of subjects and we had to pick from the list. One of them was women in non-traditional roles, which is what I picked.
At first all I could find was information on women working in steel mines, etc-like Rosie the Riveter, and that information was pretty limited. Then it dawned on me to do some research into the women's baseball movement. Once I shifted my focus onto women's baseball, I literally threw myself into this project, finding everything I could. After I did the paper I watched the movie and I was just amazed at the accuracy that was put into League of their Own. It completely changed my view of this wonderful film and if I am ever fortunate enough to meet Penny Marshall I am going to commend her on this excellent film. It deserves an award! Probably the best baseball movie ever, IMO! And what an excellent cast!
Andrea
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