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A game for rough girls? : a history of women's football in Britain / Jean Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Jean, 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soccer for women--History.
- Soccer for women.
- Women soccer players--History.
- Women soccer players.
- Women soccer players--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. I. A game for rough girls? : women's football in Britain
- pt. II. The future is feminine.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-13621-1
- 0-203-37875-X
- 1-299-28752-2
- 1-135-13614-9
- 9780203378755
- OCLC:
- 831119423
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