How I Spent My International Women's Day
I spent my International Women’s Day off spreading the message of equality to my son’s 1 st grade class during Read Across America Week 2014. He chose one our favorite books, Mama Played Baseball by David Adler. It is a historical fiction book based on the formation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (A-AGPBL). The story features a little girl named Amy and her mother becoming a female baseball player while her father is serving in World War II. Our copy of Mama Played Baseball was actually autographed by a former Rockford Peach, Sara “Salty” Sands from Orangeville, Pa. We passed her autographed trading card around for his classmates to look at. They were surprised to learn someone close to our area played in the A-AGPBL. I told them how I had the honor of meeting her and what a humble person she is. She laughed when I told her she is piece of history and I keep her trading card locked in a firebox. Before I read to my...