The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, founded during World War II, showcases talented players from around the country. Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald begins her solo career in the early 1940s and becomes one of America's leading jazz singers.
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor , and the United States enters World War II .
Congress authorizes women to serve in the U.S. Navy. The first American jet airplane is introduced. As anti-Japanese sentiment increases, Japanese Americans are placed in internment camps . The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is founded. High jumper Alice Coachman becomes the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.