In 1973, Carolyn King just wanted to play ball; instead, she went to bat for girls across U.S.

[BeatleBoot]

http://www.freep.com/article/20100725/NEWS05/7250456/1318/37-years-later-a-girls-quest-to-play-Little-League-ball-is-relived-on-film

Carolyn King stands in centerfield at Candy Cane Park, a Little League field tucked in the quiet neighborhood where she grew up in Ypsilanti. She forces a smile for the camera. She still has blond hair and a photogenic smile, but she is nervous and guarded. None of this ever came naturally to her.

In 1973, King became an accidental social activist, a 12-year-old girl thrust into the women’s liberation movement, even though she had never heard of such a thing.


All she did was try out for a Little League baseball team.


She made the team, even though that was against the rules, even though Little League officials at national headquarters demanded that she be kicked off.


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[HockeyMom]

1. Kuddos to her

and all the girls my daughter's age who fought to play ice hockey on boys teams.

[sufrommich]

2. I remember that! She grew up in a town not far from me.

I was in 10th grade in 1973 and remember how amazed we all were by her bravery (and yes, back then it was a brave action).

[Tansy_Gold]

3. Carolyn King to

Ila Borders

to Chelsea Baker


:yourock: girls --




Tansy Gold, who at age 12 forged her mother's signature to enter the Chicago Daily News White Sox Batboy contest and didn't even get the free baseball for entering.

[David Zephyr]

4. Proof that things can change.

Thanks for posting this, BeatleBoot.

By the way, we watched a recent Paul McCartney concert on television and, lo and behold, he was sporting Beatle Boots. :)

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. She was also a great song writer.

:spank:

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[sufrommich]

6. Someone had to say it. nt