Senda Berenson & “Basket Ball”

At the age of 22, music student Senda Berenson could hardly stand up straight for 5 minutes without her back screaming in pain. So it stands to reason that she would eventually be the first woman inducted into the national basketball hall of fame, right?

Here are some links to Berenson’s amazing story and her influence on the game of basketball.

“The First Game.” Stanford 125. https://125.stanford.edu/the-first-game/

“The World’s First Women’s College Basketball Team.” Cal Bears History. August 8, 2020. https://calbearshistory.com/2020/08/10/the-worlds-first-womens-college-basketball-team/

Gulick, Luther Halsey, Theodore Hough, and A. Bertha Foster. Line basket ball; or, Basket ball for women, as adopted by the Conference on Physical Training, held in June, at Springfield, Mass., also articles on the game by Dr. Luther Gulick, Dr. Theordore Hough, Dr. A. Bertha Foster, and Miss Senda Berenson. ed by Berenson, Senda. New York, American Sports Publishing Company, 1901. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/03011986/>.

Townsend, Mercedes. “Contention on the Court: The Emergence of Women’s Basketball and Its Negotiations with Female Propriety.” Sport in American History, December 17, 2015.

https://ussporthistory.com/2015/12/17/contention-on-the-court-the-emergence-of-womens-basketball-and-its-negotiations-with-female-propriety/

Music in this Episode:

"Former" by ComaStudio

"80s Disco Beats" by pixellicious

"Along the Wayside" by Kaazoom

"Wild Grapes Rag (1910)" by Gregor Quendel

"Southern Rag Medley #2" by Nesrality

"Aurora's Breath," by Diamond Tunes