Senda Berenson-Abbott
Senda Abbott (tikr. Berenson, 1868 m. Butrimonyse – 1954 m. Santa Barbaroje, JAV) – pirmoji moterų krepšinio propaguotoja JAV, pirmojo krepšinio vadovėlio moterims autorė. Taip pat moterų komandinio sporto pradininkė – iki to laiko komandinis sportas laikytas per daug grubiu ir orientuotu tik į vyrus, merginos komandiniuose žaidimuose nedalyvaudavo. Tituluojama pasaulinio moterų krepšinio motina: jos pasiūlytos moterų krepšinio taisyklės buvo patvirtintos 1899 m. ir tik su keliais nereikšmingais pataisymais galiojo iki pat XX a. 7-ojo dešimtmečio. Pirmosios moterų varžybos Smith koledže Bostone įvyko 1893 m. sausakimšoje salėje (vyrams žiūrėti varžybų nebuvo leidžiama dėl pernelyg atvira laikytos aprangos), Smith koledže kūno kultūros dėstytoja dirbo 19 metų.
Senda Berenson Abbott (1868 in Butrimonys - 1954 in Santa Barbara, USA) was the first women's basketball promoter in the USA, and the author of the first women's basketball textbook.
Abbott was also a pioneer of women's team sports - until then, team sports were considered too rough and male-oriented, and girls did not participate in team games. She is considered the mother of women's basketball worldwide: the rules she proposed for women's basketball were adopted in 1899 and remained in force, with only a few minor amendments, until the 1970s. The first women's game at Smith College in Boston took place in 1893 in a packed house (men were not allowed to watch the game due to their clothing being too revealing), and she was a professor of physical education at Smith College for 19 years.
