Breaking baseball barriers: The 1953-1954 Negro league and expansion of women’s public roles

American Journalism

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-33

  Everbach, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84981517877     PISSN: 08821127     EISSN: 23262486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08821127.2005.10677622     Document Type: Article

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