Fort Wayne Daisies | American baseball team | Britannica (original) (raw)

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  …as the Milwaukee Chicks, the Fort Wayne Daisies, and the Rockford Peaches reveal their biases. Players were also required to embody what Wrigley designated as “the highest ideals of womanhood.” On the field, these ideals translated to the wearing of lipstick and short skirts that were extremely ill-suited for sliding…
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