Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race
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Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race

Women's Baseball Team, 1950

"Professional baseball for women was launched in April 1950. In September, the Women's Baseball League was established, with six teams in the Tokyo/Kanto region and two teams in the Kyoto/Kansai area."
From: Ichiokunin no Shōwa shi (Showa History of a Hundred Million). Vol. 5. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, Nov. 1975.

 

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