The Lady Footballers: Struggling to Play in Victorian Britain

by James F. Lee

This book tells the story of 'the Lady Footballers'. It covers their 1895 and 1896 tours through the eyes of the largely unsympathetic British press. It explains gender issues of the time, and the financial problems that doomed this experiment.

Despite increasing opportunities in sport for British women during the late nineteenth century, virtually every segment of society opposed the idea of women playing football. In 1895, Nettie Honeyball...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415603137
• ISBN13: 9780415603133
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.7"