Jean Hastings Ardell frequently writes and lectures on women’s contributions to baseball. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Sporting News, Elysian Fields Quarterly, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, and in the anthologies Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Women Writers on Baseball and Growing Up with Baseball: How We Loved and Played the Game. In 1999, she earned the Society for American Baseball Research/USA Today Baseball Weekly Award for Research for her article, ""Lefthander Ila Borders: Crossing Baseball’s Gender Line from Little League to the Northern League."" Ardell lives in Corona Del Mar, California, with her husband, a former first baseman for the Anaheim Angels.
"Ardell is a major league writer, and this book is proof that she
belongs in the starting lineup. Breaking into Baseball explores
relationships between women and baseball in ways heretofore
neglected or ignored. It is, at once, imaginative, provocative,
nuanced, and empowering."--Steve Gietschier, senior managing editor
of the Sporting News"Comprehensively researched and beautifully
written, Breaking into Baseball tells the complex story of women
and the national pastime in a compelling fashion. Ardell approaches
her subject matter with passion, bringing to life the experiences
of a host of women involved with every aspect of the game, in a way
that is intellectually satisfying and extremely
entertaining."--Roberta Newman, New York University
"In her impressive and interesting book, Jean Hastings Ardell has
written the definitive account of women's roles in baseball. Ardell
has uncovered a mostly hidden trove of information--baseball's own
feminine mystique. Her book is a must read, especially for those
who believe (erroneously) they know all there is to know about
baseball."--Marvin Miller, founding director of the Major League
Baseball Players Association and author of AWhole Different Ball
Game: The Inside Story of the Baseball Revolution
"At last! Incontrovertible proof that women have been a crucial,
integral part of baseball from its sticks-and-stones prehistory
right up to today. Ardell's sharp insights on women as players,
owners, umpires, and fans--on sex, money, power, feminism, and the
role Baseball Annies played in baseball's long ban of black
ballplayers--make this book essential for anyone who cares about
baseball, women, or fairness."--Elinor Nauen, editor of Diamonds
Are a Girl's Best Friend: Women Writers on Baseball
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