Gascon, Eileen "Ginger" (Interview transcript and video), 2010

Citation

Gascon, Eileen "Ginger", “Gascon, Eileen "Ginger" (Interview transcript and video), 2010,” Digital Collections, accessed April 20, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29682.

Title

Gascon, Eileen "Ginger" (Interview transcript and video), 2010

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Ginger Gascon was born in Chicago in 1931 and grew up playing softball. She played on softball teams used by the AAGPL as farm clubs while she was in highschool, then joined the Springfield Sallies for the league's barnstorming tour in 1949. She played professional softball in Chicago in 1950, then played for the Grand Rapids Chicks in 1951. She played both center field and second base. She later became an educator and was actively involved in promoting women's sports.

Date

2010-08-06

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Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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