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Author Lannin, Joanne.

Title A history of basketball for girls and women : from bloomers to big leagues / Joanne Lannin.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Lerner Sports, [2000]
©2000

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  796.323 LANNIN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  796.323 LANNIN    Check Shelf
Description 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index.
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.
Summary Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginnings at Smith College to today's Women's National Basketball Association.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.5 6.0 49694.
Subject Basketball for women -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Basketball for girls -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Basketball for women -- History.
ISBN 0822533316 library binding alkaline paper
0822598639 paperback alkaline paper
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