A history of basketball for girls and women : from bloomers to big leagues / Joanne Lannin.
Material type: TextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN, USA : LernerSports : First Avenue Editions, c2000.Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:- 0822598639 :
- 796.323/082 21
- GV886 .L26 2000b
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Unknown | Beverly Middle School | 796.323 LAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 650040 |
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.