A history of basketball for girls and women

from bloomers to big leagues

  • 0 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 0 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
December 1, 2020 | History

A history of basketball for girls and women

from bloomers to big leagues

  • 0 Ratings
  • 2 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

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

Publish Date
Publisher
Lerner Sports
Language
English
Pages
144

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: A history of basketball for girls and women
Cover of: A History of Basketball for Girls and Women
A History of Basketball for Girls and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues (Lerner's Sports Legacy Series)
August 2000, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Hardcover
Cover of: A History of Basketball for Girls and Women
Cover of: A History of Basketball for Girls and Women
Cover of: History of Basketball for Girls and Women
History of Basketball for Girls and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues (Lerner's Sports Legacy Series)
August 2000, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.

Published in
Minneapolis

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.323/082
Library of Congress
GV886 .L26 2000, GV886.L26 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
144 p. :
Number of pages
144

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24747051M
ISBN 10
0822533316, 0822598639
ISBN 13
9780822533313, 9780822598633
LCCN
99050643
OCLC/WorldCat
42772815

First Sentence

"In December 1891, James Naismith invented a new game."

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
December 1, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
October 8, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
August 14, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 31, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 8, 2011 Created by ImportBot Imported from Internet Archive item record