| LC control no. | n 2006073061 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Berenson, Senda |
| Variant(s) | Abbott, Senda Berenson, 1868-1954 |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 3615 4061 53582034 Q437187 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Northampton (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1868-03-19 |
| Death date | 1954-02-16 |
| Place of birth | Butrimonys (Lithuania) |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Basketball for women College sports |
| Affiliation | Smith College Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.) International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Found in | Melnick, 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 and author of the first Basketball Guide for Women, published in numerous editions between 1901-1907; first person to introduce and adapt rules for women's basketball to Smith College in 1899; 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; sister of the art historian Bernard Berenson) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott> Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame website, 9 Nov. 2024 (Senda Berenson Abbott, born Mar. 19, 1868 in Vilna Governorate, Lithuania; inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985; the "Mother of Women's Basketball"; as the director of physical education at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, Senda Berenson incorporated the same concepts James Naismith had developed for men into an exercise regime for her all-female classes) <https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/senda-berenson-abbott/> OCLC, March 1, 2018 (access point: Berenson, Senda; usage: Senda Berenson, Senda Berenson Abbott) |
| Associated language | eng |
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