Shattering The Glass

by Grundy, Pamela

• ISBN13: 9781565848221
• ISBN10: 1565848225
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

The first major history of the most popular women's team sport in the United States. Over the past decade, women's basketball has exploded onto the national sports scene. WNBA and NCAA television ratings have sky-rocketed; movies, magazines, and clothing lines showcase female players. But as the authors of Shattering the Glass show, women's basketball has a much longer history, reaching back over a century of struggle, liberation, and gutsy play. Shattering the Glass offers a sweeping chronicle of women's basketball in the United States, from its invention in the late nineteenth century to its dominant position in sports today. Offering vivid portraits of forgotten heroes and contemporary stars, it also provides a broader perspective on the history of the sport, exploring its relationship to changing ideas of womanhood, efforts to expand women's economic and political rights, and definitions of sexual equality. Based on original interviews with players, coaches, administrators, broadcasters, and extensively illustrated, Shattering the Glass provides a moving, gritty view of the game on and off the court, and an empowering story of the generations of women who have shaped women's basketball.

Table of Contents

Note on Citation	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
Section I: Origins, 1892-1920
College Ladies on the Court	9	(28)
Section II: Grassroots Rise and Decline, 1920-1960
High School Girls Spur the Sport	37	(24)
Black Women Embrace the Game	61	(24)
Crowning National Champions	85	(24)
A Man's Game	109	(18)
Section III: Title IX and College Competition, 1960-1993
Keeping the Flame Alive	127	(18)
The Fight for Title IX	145	(26)
Growing Pains	171	(22)
Dazzling Moves, Spinning Wheels	193	(22)
Section IV: The Big Time? 1993-2004
Marshaling Momentum	215	(32)
Conclusion: Shattering the Glass	247	(12)
Acknowledgments	259	(4)
Appendix: National Champions	263	(4)
Notes	267	(14)
Bibliography	281	(10)
Index	291