Jenkins, Marilyn M. (Interview transcript and video), 2008
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Jenkins, Marilyn, “Jenkins, Marilyn M. (Interview transcript and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed March 26, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29718.
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Jenkins, Marilyn M. (Interview transcript and video), 2008
Creator
Contributor
Boring, Frank (Interviewer)
Description
Marilyn Jenkins was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1934. She grew up in Grand Rapids and played baseball with family and friends, and played softball with the neighborhood kids. When the Grand Rapids Chicks arrived in 1945, she talked her way into a job with the team and quickly became their batgirl, a job she held through the 1951 season. She played as a batgirl from 1945 thru 1951. Upon graduating high school in 1952, she became eligible to play in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League and went on to play with the Grand Rapids Chicks from 1952 to 1954 as a catcher.
Date
2008-07-01
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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