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Base ball Seen as "Old-fashioned" Activity For English Girls
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | FemalesFemales |
| Location | |
| City/State/Country: | England |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
| Holiday | |
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| Text | "In 1820, another girl-oriented book, entitled Early Education, mentions 'base ball' among a footnoted list of appropriate 'old-fashioned' amusements that also includes 'hunt the slipper' and 'my lady's toilette." |
| Sources | E. Appleton, Early Education (2nd Edition, 1821), page 384, cited in David Block, John Newberry Publishes A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, and With it Our First Glimpse of the game of English Baseball,Base Ball, volume 5, number 1 (Spring 2011), page 34. |
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| Query | Does the context of this passage clearly imply that girls played base ball? Is the author suggesting that base ball was considered an "old-fashioned" pastime in 1821? Where was Early Education published? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
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1820.29 Base ball Seen as "Old-fashioned" Activity For English Girls"
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