ERIC ED336377: A Century of Women's Basketball. From Frailty to Final Four.

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AUTHOR
Hult, Joan S., Ed.; Trekell, Marianna, Ed.
TITLE
A Century of Women's Basketball. From Frailty to
Final Four.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and
INSTITUTION
Fecreation, Washington, D.C. National Association for
Girls and Women in Sport.
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ISBN-0-88314-490-5
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DESCRIPTORS
Adapted Physical Education; *Athletic Coaches;
*Basketball; College Athletics; Competitive
Selection; Feminism; *Governance; Higher Education;
*History; Secondary Education; Sports Medicine;
*Womens Athletics; *Womens Education
AAHPERD; Association for Intercollegiate Athletics
IDENTIFIERS
Women; *National Association for Girls and Women in
Sport; Title IX Education Amendments 1972
ABSTRACT
This book consists of writings which focus on the
role of physical educators in the growth, development, and evolution
of competitive basketball. It is divided into two parts, "The Early
Years of Basketball--1890s-1930s" and "The Second Fifty Years of
Basketball--1940s-19805." Part I contains 3 sections which place
basketball in its historial and cultural framework. The chapters in
Part I are as follows: (1) Introduction to Part I;
(2) Senda Berenson
Abbott: New Loman, New Sport;
(3) Clara Gregory Baer: Catalyst for
Women's Basketball;
(4) The Governance of Athletics for Girls and
Women: Leadership by Women Physical Educators, 1899-1949;
(5) The
Tides of Change in Women's Basketball; (6) The Domestication of
Basketball;
"The Sacrifice of Maidens" or Healthy Sportswomen?
(7)
The Medical Debate Over Women's Basketball; (8) Hoops and Skirts:
Women!s Basketball on the West Coast, 1992-1930s; (9) Basketball
Texas Style, 1910-1933: School to Industrial League Competition; (10)
The Early Years of Basketball in Kentucky; and (11) Iowa, the
Longtime "Hot Bed" of Girls Basketball. Part II consists of 4
sections cn governance, special populations, and associations. The
chapters are: (12) Introduction to Part II;
(13) The Saga of
Competition: Basketball Battles and Governance War;
(14) Rachel E.
Bryant: Twenty-One Years of Women's Leadership in Basketball--in
Sport;
(15) Women's Basketball Officiating, (16) The Legacy of AIAW;
(17) Women's Intercollegiate Basketball: AIAW/NCAA; (18) Coaching
and
Game Reflections, 1940s to 1980s; (19) Basketballs, Goldfish, and
World Championships; 20) Queens College: Success with No Frills; (21)
Women's Wheelchair Basketball; (22) The Future Is the Present in
Organizations for Basketball; and (23) Title IX, AIAW, and Beyond--A
Time for Celebration. (LL)
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A Century of
Women's
Basketball
From Frailty to Final Four
Joan S. liult
Marianna Trekell
Editors
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport
An association of the
American Alliance for I lealth, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance
Copyright 1991
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance
1900 Association Drive
Reston, Virginia 22091
ISBN 0-88314I90-5
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Alliance for
Purposes of the American
Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance
organization, structured for
The American Alliance is an educational
and providing assistance to
the purposes of supporting, encouraging,
the nation as they seek
member groups and their personnel throughout
in health, leisure, and move-
to initiate, develop, and conduct programs
human life.
ment-related activities for the enrichment of
Alliance objectives include:
and
Professional growth and developmentto support, encourage,
1.
conduct of programs in health,
provide guidance in.the development and
which are based on the needs,
leisure, and moveMent-related activities
individual in today's society.
interests, and inherent capacities of the
and professional understand-
2. Communicationto facilitate public
and value of health, leisure, and
ing and appreciation of the importance
toward human well-being.
movement-related activities as they contribute
research which will enrich
3. Researchto encourage and facilitate
movement-related activities,
the depth and scope of health, leisure, and
profession and other interested
and to disseminate the findings to the
and concerned publics.
the continuous development
4. Standards and guidelinesto further
profession for personnel and
and evaluation of standards within the
and movement-related activities.
programs in health, leisure,
administer a planned program
5. Public affairsto coordinate and
relations that will improve
of professional, public, and governmental
movement-related activities.
education in areas of health, leisure, and
shall be approved by the Board
6. To conduct such other activities as
Assembly, provided that the Alliance
of Governors and the Alliance
would be inconsistent with the
shall not engage in any activity which
charitable organization as defined in Section
status of an educational and
of 1954 or any successor pro-
501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
time be deemed
viskm thereto, and none of the said purposes shall at any
other than the public benefit purposes and
or construed to be purposes
charitable status.
objectives consistent with such educational and
Bylaws, Article III
ill
National Association for
Girls & Women in Sport
For nearly a century. NAGWS has been committed
to the professional
development of women in sports, the advancement of female
sports
knowledge, and the development of sport
programs and increased lead-
ership roles for women in sport. The seeds of NAGWS
were sowed in
1899 when a committee was assembled to study basketball rules
for girls.
In the early years, NAGWS concentrated
on the development of ap-
propriate rules for girls' and women's sports. The focus later
changed
to the introduction of games specifically geared to
women as well as the
development and promotion of standards different from those associated
with men's sports. Throughout its devdopment. NAGWS
has continued
to influence programs and organizations that
sponsor and/or promote
healthy female sport participation.
NAGWS today
...
is a nonprofit educational association located in Reston.
Virginia.
serves a membership of over MAO administrators, teach-
ers. coaches. officials. and sport leaders throughout the United
States.
is the only national professional organization devoted
ex-
clusively to providing opportunities for 6irls and
women in
sport-related careers.
is one of six associations within the American Alliance for
11ealth. Physical Education, Recreation. and Dance ( AAII-
PERI)). an organization with over 33.000 educators and
professional members.
NAGWS has grown from a small
group of women interested in bas-
ketball to a stronghold of I 0.000 men and
women interested in address-
ing current concerns and taking action
on several different levels and
projects.
NAGWS's current focus is on increasing the number of qualified
women in coaching and sport administrative positions in educational
institutions and Olympic programs, from the developmental
to the elite
levels.
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Contents
ix
Foreword
xi
Preface
xiv
Contributors
PART ITHE EARLY YEARS OF BASKETBALL-1890s-1930s
Jowt S. flu lt
Chapter 1-1ntroduction to Part 1. by
3
Section 1In the Beginning. .
19
.
Chapter 2Senda 13erenson Abluitt. New Woman. New
Spears
Sport. by Betty
19
Chapter 3Clara Gregory Baer: Catt'yst for Wome,i's
Joan Paul
Basketball. by
37
Chapter 4The Governance of Athletics for Girls and
Women: Leadership by Women Physical Educators.
Joan S. Halt
1899-1949. by
Chapter 5The Tides of Change in Women's Basketball
joanna Davenport
Rules, by
83
109
Section 2Cultural and Medical Influences
Steveda
Chapter 6The Domestication of Basketball. by
Clwpko
109
Chapter 7---The Sacrifice of Maidens- or Ilealthy
Sportswomen? The Medical Debate Over Women's
Nancy Cole Dosch
Basketball, by
115
Section 3High Level Competition
137
(Thapter 8-11oops and Skirts: Women's Basketball on
Lynne Fauley Lutery
and
the West Coast. 1892
1930s. by
Margaret Toolwv-Costa
137
Chapter 9--
ashet ball Texas Style. 1910- 192
Roxanne
to Industrial League Competition, by
Albemon
15:;
Chapter Ill.The Early Years of Basketball in Kentucky
Peggy Stanaland
167
by
Chapter II-- Iowa. the 1..ongtime "Ilot Bed- of (iirls
Janice A. Beran
13wiketball. by
181
Pat
CONTENTS
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PART 11THE SECOND FIFT\ YEARS OF BASKETBALL-
1940s 1989s
Chapter 12-1ntroduetion to Part 11, by Joan S. Hu lt
207
Section 4Governance of Women's Basketball
223
Chapter 13,The Saga of Competition: Basketball
Battles and Governance War, by Joan S. Halt
223
Chapter 14Rachel E. Bryant: Twenty.One Years of
Women's Leadership in Basketballin Sport, by Nancy
Weltzheimer Wardwell
249
Chapter 15Women's Basketball Officiating. by Fran
Koenig and Marcy Weston
261
Section 5Collegiate Governance, Championships, and
Memories
281
Chapter 16The Legacy of A1AW, by Joan S. Hull
281
Chapter 17Women's Intercollegiate Basketball:
AIAW/NCAA, by Jill Hutchison
309
Chapter 18Coaching and Game Reflections, 1940s to
1980s, by Mildrod Barnes
335
Chapter 19--Basketballs, Goldfish, and World
Championships, by Patsy Neal
345
Chapter 20Queens College: Success with No Frills. by
Lucille Kyvallos
355
Section 6Baskethali for a Special Population
367
Chapter 21Women's Wheelchair Basketball, by Brad
Hedrick and Sharon Hedrick
367
Section 7The Past, Present and Future
379
Chapter 22The Future Is the Present in Organizations
for Basketball
379
National Federation of State High School Associations
379
National Junior College Athletic Association
382
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, by
Phyllis Holmes
385
National Collegiate Athletic Association
391
Women's Basketball Coaches Association, by Betty
Jaynes
396
CONTENTS
vii
Chapter 23Title IX, AIAW, and BeyondA Time for
Celebration, by
Marianna Trekell
and
Rosalie M.
Gershon
401
Appendix
427
Women's Basketball Time Line
427
The Changing Woman Basketball Player
SZ,
Top left: players in the first
decade ot women's 1%isketball;
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center, lielen Ntanlev. 1918.
basketball coach at Kirksville
(Mo.) I figli School, and later a
president of the American
Association for ilealth.
Physical Education. and
Recreation: right, ( iyps%
Butcher. one ot the Dallas.
Texas. Cyclones, ehampiiins in
the early 19311s: hottom.
Cheryl Miller. University ot
Southern California. an NCAA
star player of the I980s.
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