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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465842803321

Autore

Williams Jean <1964, >

Titolo

A game for rough girls? : a history of women's football in Britain / / Jean Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-13621-1

0-203-37875-X

1-299-28752-2

1-135-13614-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

796.334082

Soggetti

Soccer for women - History

Women soccer players - History

Women soccer players - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. A game for rough girls? : women's football in Britain -- pt. II. The future is feminine.

Sommario/riassunto

Can we truly call football England's 'national' game?How have we arrived at this point of such clear inequality between men's and women's football?Between 1921 and 1972, women were banned from playing in football League grounds in the UK. Yet in 1998 FIFA declared that ""the future is feminine"" and that football was the fastest growing sport for women globally.The result of several years of original research, the book traces the continuities in women's participation since the beginnings of the game, and highlights the significant moments that have influenced curr