Lannin, Joanne. <br/><br/>
A history of basketball for girls and women :  from bloomers to big leagues / 
Joanne Lannin. 
 - Minneapolis, MN, USA :  LernerSports :  First Avenue Editions,  c2000. 
 - 144 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball Association. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0822598639 :  $9.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Basketball--History.--United States<br/>Women athletes--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV886  / .L26 2000b 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.323/082