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A League of Their Own: Women
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The national League of Women Voters was founded by activist Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920 just six months before the 19th amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. It was originally designed to help women use their new voting power and encouraged them to participate in government.
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What a cloyingly sweet, improbably formulaic, boring, fictionalized account of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. This film does not treat history with dignity, instead twisting the facts to try and make a more sensational movie. The story of female awakening during the Second World War is fascinating in and of itself and should be told with truth and integrity. Instead of making up characters, why not use the real women? Their struggle and their talents are more than enough to satisfy any audience. Truth is better than fiction.
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Walking the Walk: Members of the Howard County League of Women Voters march Aug. 26, 2005, to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. (L-R) Arline Calaby; Willa Brooks (Maine); Carol Filiczak (Minnesota); Grace Kubofcik, and Barbara Russell.
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[W]aiting for a traditional infrastructure to develop would mean waiting forever, says league founder Sullivan. In the meantime, he and others insist that there are plenty of girls and women out there who want to play football—enough to make the venture a worthy cause. Many of the league's players and fans remember their disappointment at not being allowed to play tackle football as girls. Many yearn to change that.
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