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A group of the female basketball players at Cardinal Roy high school in Quebec City, Canada watch the basket.

The Lithuanian Immigrant Who Launched the First Women’s College Basketball Game

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Read about how the Mother of Women’s Basketball defied expectation for female athletes and forever changed sports history.

This entry was posted in Chasing Success, The Value of Work and tagged Culture & Society, Historic Figures, History, People, Sports on November 1, 2021 by molly.

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