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American women’s basketball has reached new peaks of interest and popularity, thanks to spellbinding athletes, exhilarating games, and a vibrant, empowered vision of womanhood. Shattering the Glass stands as the definitive history of the sport. Combining extensive historical research with dozens of oral history interviews, Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford bring life and depth to stories of the many generations of female athletes who have fought for liberation on and off the court.
In this new and substantially expanded edition, Grundy and Shackelford provide a fresh view of the sport that extends to the present. They chart the expanding visibility of college programs, the growing dynamism of the WNBA, and players’ courageous leadership on social issues such as sexuality and race, drawing on the actions and reflections of stars such as Seimone Augustus, Kim Mulkey, Brittney Griner, Geno Auriemma, Pat Summitt, Breanna Stewart, Dawn Staley, and Caitlin Clark. The result is a compelling story of women’s empowerment through sport over the past century.
Pamela Grundy has spent three decades studying the cultural history of American sports. Her work has included newspaper articles, museum exhibits, and books such as American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of the Internet and Teaching US History Through Sports. She holds a PhD from UNC Chapel Hill, and is currently working on a biography of basketball and tennis great Ora Washington, to be published by Yale University Press
Susan Shackelford is a lifetime basketball fan, and the first female sports editor of UNC Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel. She has written on sports for the Associated Press, Miami Herald, Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer and the Greensboro (N.C.) Daily News. She has recently completed Hoops and Heroes, a history of the Army women’s basketball team That began when women first arrived at West Point in 1976.