Diamonds are a girl's best friend : an oral history of women's softball in America : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend: An Oral History of Women's Softball in America explains the development of women's softball in the United States as it relates to women's status in society as a whole. I conducted a series of interviews with some of the most influential women in the sport and in women's sports in general. Through traditional historical research as well as the interviews, I illustrated how the status of women in softball reflected the status of women in society as a whole. I felt it was important for the stories of those who blazed the trail for their successors to be heard.