[1] The early 1940s saw unprecedented numbers of women entering the public realm in numerous traditionally male occupations.
The World War II left scores of businesses, including baseball, without adequate labor.
[2] A native of San Pedro, California, Faralla started playing softball when she was 14 years old for a team in her hometown.
[3] It was the lessons of baseball, taught by AAGPBL managers as Bill Allington, that the women would remember most about their time in the field of play.
[7] In November 1988 Faralla the entire AAGPBL was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.