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Tag / Penny Marshall

"A League of Their Own" Essays, personal essay, Women's History Month
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Sisters, doing it for themselves

April 17, 2019 by Marjorie H. Morgan 0 comments

Everybody loves an underdog story, and everybody loves a sports story. “A League of Their Own” (1992) is a combination of both genres. The underdog is this case is the average American woman left behind as the ravages of World War II has stripped the country of its fit and healthy young men.

"A League of Their Own" Essays, Women's History Month
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‘A League of Their Own’: The hero is the sidekick

April 10, 2019 by Jaylan Salah 0 comments

I rooted for Kit, and even though I realized I really wanted the sisters to make up at the end, Marshall gave me that underdog I could not take my eyes off, one I would cheer for till the end credits. On this rare occasion, this underdog is a woman!

"A League of Their Own" Essays
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Cinema Femme Women’s History Month/Sexual Assault Awareness Month Issue — Editor’s Letter

April 9, 2019 by Rebecca Martin 0 comments

If you’re not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life. —Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943–December 17, 2018) When there is a passion inside you, you can’t deny it. When there is a dream and a passion inside you […]

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