Finding A Way To Play: The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball

Finding a Way to Play is an award-winning book, full of stories about women who have gone to great lengths to play the game of basketball. Within its pages you will read about: Early pioneers who played despite concerns about risks to health and femininity, Black and Native American women who endured racial discrimination as they searched for opportunities to play, lesbians who hid their identities for fear of being denied the chance to play or coach, and women over 50 who ignored aches and pains to rediscover the joys of a childhood passion. There also are stories about the Mighty Macs of the 1970s, Pat Summitt and the first U.S. women's Olympic team in 1976, as well as the struggles to establish a professional league for women in the 1980s and 1990s. Readers will come away with an understanding of the roads women have traveled to bring the game into the future. Those who grew up before Title IX may find themselves or loved ones in the stories of women who kept the earlier flame alive. Read more