TY - BOOK AU - Lannin,Joanne TI - A history of basketball for girls and women: from bloomers to big leagues SN - 0822598639 : AV - GV886 .L26 2000b U1 - 796.323/082 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Minneapolis, MN, USA PB - LernerSports, First Avenue Editions KW - Basketball KW - United States KW - History KW - Sears KW - Women athletes N1 - 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 N2 - Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball Association ER -