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Despite the obstacles, women continue to build a home in baseball
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Mary Pratt, pitcher from Rockford Peaches team in 'A League of
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The first professional women's baseball league WWII inspired 1992
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Mary Pratt obituary: Rockford Peaches pitcher dies at 101 –
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Margaret Carroll, one of Rockford's remaining Rockford Peaches
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Baseball in WWII Archives The National WWII Museum Blog
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This Week In Illinois History: All-American Girls Professional
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Real-life 'League of Their Own' player raises money for 94th
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Mary Pratt, believed the last surviving member of Rockford Peaches