Barbara Cooney

Stories about Inspiring Women Barbara Cooney

Players in Pigtails Katie Casey was baseball mad. Had the fever and had it bad. A story that celebrates a brave girl's love of the game as she works to become a player in the first-ever All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Take Me Out to the Ball Game song From PLAYERS IN PIGTAILS The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League song From PLAYERS IN PIGTAILS Miss Rumphius As a young girl, Alice dreams of traveling to faraway places, finding a home by the sea and making the world more beautiful. Inspired by a true-life story, Miss Rumphius shows us how we can all make the world a more beautiful place. I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote This is the true story of Esther Morris, who started out life believing she could do anything, and then proved it, by building her own business, raising a family in the Wild West, working to get women the vote, becoming the first female judge AND the first woman in the US to hold a political office!