In the past year, 24 of 50 movies have passed the Bechdel Test. But what does that mean? The Bechdel Test is an assessment of movies to represent the multitude of major roles that female characters can tackle, instead of the usual girly and sometimes overdone, male obsessed roles.

While thinking of various movies that pass the Bechdel Test, I immediately thought of A League of Their Own. Set in 1943, during World War II, sisters Dottie Hinson, played by Geena Davis, and Kit Keller, as played by Lori Petty, decide to take a leap of faith and join the female baseball league. Leaving the homely duties behind, they leave to embrace the hard work and limelight that comes with playing on the Rockford Peaches and Racine Belles.

During the movie both Dottie and Kit face their own dilemmas. Dottie, the all-star of the Rockford Peaches, contemplates leaving baseball for her housewife duties back home. On the other side of the spectrum, Kit sets out to prove herself as a strong-willed, determined woman, capable of achieving anything.

Instead of focusing on men, all women on the various baseball teams choose to concentrate on themselves. The most memorable quote from the movie states, “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great”. 

A League of Their Own is a movie that in my opinion gracefully passes the Bechdel Test. It represents hard work, determination, and self-belief. Dottie, Kit, and all of the other characters allow women and girls everywhere to see that achieving great things can be possible.

Relating to females today, A League of Their Own still resonates. In the wise words of Oprah Winfrey, “It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you came from. The power to triumph begins with you. Always”.