Reeder, Lydia

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Dust Bowl girls

the inspiring story of the team that barnstormed its way to basketball glory
2017
A history of the women's Depression-era basketball team the Cardinals, formed by Midwestern basketball coach Sam Babb.
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Dust Bowl girls

the inspiring story of the team that barnstormed its way to basketball glory
A history of the women's Depression-era basketball team the Cardinals, formed by Midwestern basketball coach Sam Babb.

Dust Bowl girls

the inspiring story of the team that barnstormed its way to basketball glory
A history of the women's Depression-era basketball team the Cardinals, formed by Midwestern basketball coach Sam Babb.

Dust Bowl girls

the inspiring story of the team that barnstormed its way to basketball glory
In the early 1930s, during the worst drought and financial depression in American history, Sam Babb began to dream. Like so many others, this charismatic Midwestern basketball coach wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm near the tiny Oklahoma college where he coached, Babb recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education in exchange for playing on his basketball team, the Cardinals.
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