From the British Film Institute, a short film about the 1921 ban against women playing football:
You can watch another film about this period in English women's football history - a compilation of early film footage and photographs documenting the background for the Dick, Kerr's Ladies football team.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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On the subject of international women's football, though with a different frame, I thought this might be of interest to you as well: http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2010/03/15/the-women%E2%80%99s-game-in-africa-%E2%80%98zanzibar-soccer-queens%E2%80%99-and-other-tales/.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you haven't read about the Soccket project (www.soccket.com), it's worth a look. Women, soccer, and making the world better all in one place.