Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship · Question
How does Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship develop the theme of Gender Roles and Spectatorship?
Answer
Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship by Noah Brooks develops Gender Roles and Spectatorship across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.
Alice Howell's passionate knowledge of baseball challenges her father's view that girls should not learn about the game, highlighting the era's gendered expectations while showing women as informed and enthusiastic fans.
Alice Howell is an ardent female baseball fan, but her father disapproves of her using baseball slang, reflecting contemporary gender expectations.
Miss Anstress Howell dismisses baseball as nonsense, while Alice Howell actively participates by receiving and sharing game updates, highlighting contrasting female roles.
Alice Howell and Ida Boardman observe the game from a carriage, with Alice expressing a desire to act like a man and thrash Hank Jackson, reflecting gendered expectations.
Evidence in the book
- I: Great Expectations
Alice Howell is an ardent female baseball fan, but her father disapproves of her using baseball slang, reflecting contemporary gender expectations.
- IX: Hope and Suspense
Miss Anstress Howell dismisses baseball as nonsense, while Alice Howell actively participates by receiving and sharing game updates, highlighting contrasting female roles.
- X: How the Good News Came
Alice Howell and Ida Boardman observe the game from a carriage, with Alice expressing a desire to act like a man and thrash Hank Jackson, reflecting gendered expectations.
- In a New Field
Alice Howell and Ida Boardman are active spectators, expressing emotions openly, while Miss Anstress criticizes their enthusiasm, reflecting contemporary expectations of female decorum.
