A history of basketball for girls and women
Subtitle: from bloomers to big leagues
By: Joanne Lannin
Publisher: Lerner Sports
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780822533313; 9780822598633
Subjects: Basketball for girls; Basketball for women; Juvenile literature; History
Description: Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball Association.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.
Table of contents: title: A girls' game from the beginning; title: Basketball travels West and South; title: Changing the rules; title: The roller coaster of the roaring '20s; title: Babe and Texas league basketball; title: Basketball grows like corn in Iowa; title: The AAU era; title: A time of change; title: Olympian promise, professional failure; title: Growing pains in the '80s; title: Into the spotlight; title: Into the future.