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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: All the way
    sub title: the life of baseball trailblazer Maybelle Blair
  title info:
    title: Life of baseball trailblazer Maybelle Blair
  name:
    name part: Williams, Kat D.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mdu
    date issued: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (vii, 123 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
  abstract: "All the Way is the fascinating biography of Maybelle Blair, a former player for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who broke down barriers for women, served as an advisor for the Amazon Prime series A League of Their Own, is a mentor for young girls who seek opportunities in baseball, and is an inspiration to the LGBTQ+ community"--
  abstract: "The inspiring biography of former womens professional baseball player Maybelle Blair Maybelle Blairs entire life has been about baseballwomens baseball. About playing it, preserving its history, and making it accessible to everyone. A former player for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that inspired the movie A League of Their Own, Maybelle broke down barriers for women in the sport, continues to be a mentor for young girls who seek opportunities to play, and is an inspiration for the LGBTQ+ community. In All the Way: The Life of Baseball Trailblazer Maybelle Blair, Kat D. Williams tells Maybelles incredible story. She recounts how, as a young girl in the 1930s, Maybelle and her family built a field where they could all play. In elementary school, Maybelle convinced a teacher that they should have a girls softball team alongside the boys. As her talent grew, so did her opportunities to play at higher and higher levels, culminating with the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When her playing days were over, Maybelle became the first female director of transportation for Northrop Aircraft, was an advisor for A League of Their Own, helped found the non-profit International Womens Baseball Center, and, at 94 years old, came out to the world. Featuring extensive insight from interviews with Maybelle, All the Way brings to life the struggles and triumphs of female ballplayers in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, as well as the struggles they continue to face today. It also provides an honest look at the dangers mid-20th century lesbians faced and how coming out, even at 94, can be empowering"--
  table of contents: It's in the blood -- Recruited -- Making it to the pros -- Love and loss -- Retirement? -- Unforgotten -- The International Women's Baseball Center -- Stepping up to the sport! -- The coming-out.
  note: Kat D. Williams.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-ca
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Blair, Maybelle
      name part: 1927-
  subject:
    name:
      name part: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Women baseball players
    geographic: California
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Lesbian athletes
    geographic: United States
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Joueuses de base-ball
    geographic: Californie
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    topic: Sportives lesbiennes
    geographic: États-Unis
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    topic: SPORTS & RECREATION / Women in Sports
  subject:
    topic: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
  classification: GV865.B5525 W55 2025
  classification: 796.357092 B
  classification: SPO085000 SOC028000
  related item:
    title info:
      title: All the way
    name:
      name part: Williams, Kat D.
    origin info:
      publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2025]
    identifier: (DLC) 2025004949
  identifier: 9781538186374 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1538186373
  identifier: 9781538186367
  identifier: 2025004950
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 250331
    record change date: 20250813013732.4
    record identifier: in00005659609
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng