Author: Keith Myerscough

Women’s Basketball: Net Ball: An American Game? – Part 6 of 7

Posted by Keith Myerscough | Aug 24, 2017 | Basketball, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

In 1892 the new American game of ‘Basket-Ball’ was introduced into England by the President of the...

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Women’s Basketball: Iowa: 6 Player Girls’ Basketball – Part 5 of 7

Posted by Keith Myerscough | Aug 7, 2017 | Basketball, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

The birth of women’s basketball in 1892 was a relatively straightforward event punctuated over the...

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Women’s Basketball: The “Black Fives” 1904-1930 – Part 4 of 7

Posted by Keith Myerscough | May 29, 2017 | Basketball, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

The Washington Belles, 1911 Basketball was subject to racial segregation from the 1890s until...

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Women’s Basketball: An Implement for Ethnic Cleansing? – Part 3 of 7

Posted by Keith Myerscough | Apr 17, 2017 | Basketball, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

In 1904 a team of Native American girls from Fort Shaw Boarding School became basketball...

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The Dawn of Women’s Basket-Ball. Part 2 of 7

Posted by Keith Myerscough | Apr 3, 2017 | Basketball, British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

In 1941, Dr James Naismith insisted that basketball had been invented in 1891 to satisfy a...

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