We are proud to thank Senda Berenson Abbot for her contributions to #womenbasketball in the United States and worldwide. She introduced basketball to the women of Smith College in 1892. Senda’s Lithuanian immigrant story lives on! #WomenInSports #womenhistorymonth #JewishWomen #HoopsAndHistory https://loom.ly/0gTgQzQ
U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
International Affairs
Washington, District of Columbia 27 followers
Protecting endangered historic sites that are associated with the heritage of U.S. citizens.
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Protecting endangered historic sites that are associated with the heritage of U.S. citizens. As an agency of the Government of the United States of America, the Commission was established to identify and report on cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings in Eastern and Central Europe that are associated with the heritage of U.S. citizens. In cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, we obtain assurances from the governments of the region that the properties will be protected and preserved.
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Did you know that the mother of women’s basketball was a Jewish girl from #Lithuania? Senda Berenson Abbott was a #Litvak born in Vilnius in 1868. Her family emigrated to Boston in 1875. After overcoming her own health challenges, Senda became passionate about physical education. She introduced “basket ball” to the women of Smith college in 1892, just one year after the men’s version had been invented. There she officiated the first official women’s basketball game on March 22nd, 1893. She formally published the rules of the game in 1899, and she became the first chair of the National Women’s Basketball Committee. She has been posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
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