. ♪ >> before she inspired hollywood, dottie collins pitched with a career 76 losses.te also threw a mean curve ball. >> my dad taught me. i'm probably the only one who had a curve ball in the league. >> but it wasn't just about talent. >> we had to walk with a book on our head to teach us how to walk like ladies. we were supposed to be ladies. and of course our theory was, if you're going to play baseball, you can't be a lady. >> with females, even in baseball getting dressed is a big production. looks okay though, at that. hi, ya, honey. >> it was a one-piece dress you might say. most of them we shortened right up to the knee. >> dottie was a winner during her career, but in 1948, she laced up her cleats one last time to settle down with her best fan, harvey, a sailor on leave who spotted her on the diamond. >> i was ready to get married and have kids. >> on 13 june 1942, fdr created the office of strategic services. the uss employed civilians and people from all branches of the armed services. some were women. >> there was a woman named virginia hall who was a very