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Basketball Belles
Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map | Sue Macy
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Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. But in April 1896 she made history by leading her team to victory in the first-ever women's intercollegiate basketball game against the University of California at Berkeley.
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#LiteraryLuck Day 15: Women have always been told what #Games they can or cannot play. This nonfiction title highlighted the period (1890s) when most people thought that women shouldn‘t play basketball, a sports designed for men. Yet, Stanford and Berkeley were gearing up for the very first inter-collegiate sports, ever, including basketball #games for women. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-hSD

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I love basketball 🏀 5y
vkois88 Awesome! 5y
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