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Berenson, Senda

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Personal name headingBerenson, Senda
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Variant(s)Abbott, Senda Berenson
Birth date1868-03-19
Death date1954-02-16
Place of birthButrimonys (Lithuania)
Place of deathSanta Barbara (Calif.)
Field of activityBasketball for women
AffiliationSmith College
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.)
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Found inMelnick, Ralph. Senda Berenson, 2007: t.p. (Senda Berenson) data view (instructor of physical training at Smith College; introduced her students to an adaptation of the new game of Basket Ball; 1868-1954)
Wikipedia, March 1, 2018 (Senda Berenson Abbott; born March 19, 1868 in Butrimonys, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire; died February 16, 1954 in Santa Barbara, California; occupation: teacher; known for pioneering women's basketball; first person to introduce and adapt rules for women's basketball to Smith College; inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on July 1, 1985, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1987, and into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999)
OCLC, March 1, 2018 (access point: Berenson, Senda; usage: Senda Berenson, Senda Berenson Abbott)