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Shattering the glass : the remarkable history of women's basketball Pamela Grundy & Susan Shackelford
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GV 886 .G78 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grundy, Pamela
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basketball for women--United States--History.
- Basketball for women.
- Women basketball players--United States--History.
- Women basketball players.
- College sports--United States--History.
- College sports.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 306 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel, Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007, c2005.
- Contents:
- Origins, 1892-1920. College ladies on the court
- Grassroots rise and decline, 1920-1960. High school girls spur the sport ; Black women embrace the game ; Crowning national champions ; A man's game
- Title IX and college competition, 1960-1993. Keeping the flame alive ; The fight for Title IX ; Growing pains ; Dazzling moves, spinning wheels
- The big time? 1993-2004. Marshaling momentum ; Conclusion: shattering the glass.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : New Press, c2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807858295 (pbk.)
- 0807858293 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 85895260
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