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A history of basketball for girls and women : from bloomers to big leagues / Joanne Lannin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN, USA : LernerSports : First Avenue Editions, c2000.Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0822598639 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.323/082 21
LOC classification:
  • GV886 .L26 2000b
Contents:
A girls' game from the beginning -- Basketball travels West and South -- Changing the rules -- The roller coaster of the roaring '20s -- Babe and Texas league basketball -- Basketball grows like corn in Iowa -- The AAU era -- A time of change -- Olympian promise; professional failure -- Growing pains in the '80s -- Into the spotlight -- Into the future.
Summary: Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball Association.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.

A girls' game from the beginning -- Basketball travels West and South -- Changing the rules -- The roller coaster of the roaring '20s -- Babe and Texas league basketball -- Basketball grows like corn in Iowa -- The AAU era -- A time of change -- Olympian promise; professional failure -- Growing pains in the '80s -- Into the spotlight -- Into the future.

Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball Association.