On December 9, 1978, the first game of the Women's Professional Basketball League was played.

History of Women's Basketball in America
A Timeline of Women's Basketball History 1891 to Present



Girls High School Basketball 1909 - Photographer likely John McCarthy. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Girls Basketball Team, Milton High School, Milton, North Dakota, 1909. Photographer likely John McCarthy. Courtesy Library of Congress.


By Jone Johnson Lewis
Women's basketball began the year after the game was invented. The history of women's basketball success is a long one: collegiate and professional teams, intercollegiate competitions (and their critics) as well as the sad history of many failed attempts at professional leagues; women's basketball at the Olympics. It's all here in this timeline. See also:


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