In the 1900s football was popular, but basketball hadn’t caught on yet. Wealthy people only liked expensive sports like tennis, golf, horse racing, sailing, and polo. Baseball was very popular and was an obsession in America.

The professional baseball teams had been around since the 1880s and were getting popular. The first World Series was the rival league in 1903, with Boston winning against Pittsburgh. The first baseball stadium was made in Pittsburgh and there was also stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York.

"Take Me Out To The Ball Game" was first heard in 1909. There were also female baseball leagues. In 1942 men all across this country were being drafted for World War II. Even people from major baseball leagues were drafted. That’s when Mr. Wrigley (of the chewing gum fame) decided to start a professional baseball league just for women.

The All American Girls Baseball League was founded in 1943. The mens league and the womens league rules were the same.  By 1944, Mr. Wrigley lost interest in the girl's league. When the season ended, he sold his team to Arthur Meyerhoff, who was in charge of advertising Wrigley's team. The sale of Wrigley's team marked the beginning of the end for the All American Girls Baseball League.

In the 1900's, wealthy children attended private schools. These schools had only a few rooms. The schoolrooms were small with only 3 to 4 people in each grade. Some teachers taught several grades in only one room. In the private schools the boys and girls were separated. Subjects the girls learned were reading, spelling, history, arithmetic, geography and penmanship or handwriting. Sometimes girls learned manners and dancing, French, or drawing.

The public schools were mostly attended by kids who were poor. Boys and girls were at the same school. Each grade level had a class with 20 to 30 kids in it.