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1. Westerman, Joyce (Interview outline and video), 2010

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Joyce Westerman was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1925. She grew up there and played sports whenever she could. She was playing ball on a company team in Kenosha when she was offered a chance to fill in for an injured player for the Kenosha Comets in 1944, and then joined the league in 1945. She played for eight seasons, including stops in Grand Rapids, South Bend, Racine and Peoria, primarily playing catcher.
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2010-08-07T00:00:00Z
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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Veterans History Project (U.S.)

2. Badini, Jane Jacobs (Interview transcript and video), 2010

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Jane Jacobs Badini was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, in 1924. She grew up playing softball, first with her brothers, and later with organized teams. She was a talented pitcher, and one of the players recruited by the AAGPBL when it was formed in 1943. She played in the league for four years, primarily with Racine, before leaving and starting her own business.
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2010-08-05T00:00:00Z
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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Veterans History Project (U.S.)

3. McCoy, Joyce Barnes (Interview transcript and video), 2009

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Joyce Barnes McCoy was born in on a farm south of Hutchinson, Kansas on October 18, 1925. She played softball with her siblings and then played various sports throughout grade and high schools. One day while still in high school she was reading a Hutchinson News article in which read that Phillip Wrigley was looking for girls to try-out for women's softball teams up in Chicago. After one correspondence—Mr. Wrigley paid Barnes' way to the tryout in Chicago. She started and ended her professional career by playing with the Kenosha Comets in 1943. She played as a pitcher while there.
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2009-09-27T00:00:00Z
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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Veterans History Project (U.S.)