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‘Take Me Out To The Ball Game’ Was Actually (In Its Way) A Feminist Anthem

MUSIC Posted: July 15, 2020 11:03 am

The words that everyone knows are just the chorus. There are verses about a baseball-mad woman named Katie Casey who went to the stadium, sat in the front row, loudly cheered the players and argued with the umpires — all things women did not do in 1908, when the song was written. And the inspiration for Katie was almost certainly the lyricist’s then-girlfriend, a famous actress and suffragette. – Smithsonian Magazine

MUSIC Published: 07.14.20

Read the story in Smithsonian Magazine Published: 07.14.20

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