Basketball belles : how two teams and one scrappy player put women's hoops on the map /
Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led he...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Holiday House,
[2011]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780823421633 (hardcover) 0823421635 (hardcover) |