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Author:

Steen, Sandra.

Title:

Take it to the hoop : 100 years of women's basketball / Sandra Steen and Susan Steen.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

1432 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Basketball for women--United States--History.--Juvenile literature.
Basketball players--United States.--Biography.
Women basketball players--United States.--Biography.
Basketball for women--History.

Other Authors:

Steen, Susan.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

The beginning of women's basketball: no men allowed -- What are the rules? -- Queens of the court -- Travelin' teams -- On the road and in the air -- The spectacular 1970s -- Off to college -- Professionals and Olympians -- We got game: the WNBA -- In the hall -- Appendix 1: Women's professional basketball teams -- Appendix 2: Hall of Famers -- Appendix 3: Championships -- Appendix 4: Awards and trophies -- Appendix 5: Historic rules of the court.

Summary:

Traces the development of women's basketball, from its beginning in the 1890s through the formation of the Women's National Basketball Association in 1997.

ISBN:

9780761324706 (lib. bdg.) :
0761324704 (lib. bdg.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50333916

LCCN:

2002011988

Locations:

CKPA482 -- Amana School-Community Library (Amana) — 796.323 STE

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

90PB522 -- Springmier Community Library (Tiffin)