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People thought Katie Casey was an unusual girl. She didn’t keep her clothes pressed or her room clean. She was a disaster on the dance floor and in the kitchen, but strangest of all, she loved baseball. This video playfully portrays WWII-era America and its relationship to the new faces in baseball – girls! Through song and colorful artwork, students will gain a beginning understanding of the social forces that changed America’s national pastime during WWII, and they will meet Katie Casey, one of the dynamic players that was a part of this movement.