James Lee

The Lady Footballers

Struggling to Play in Victorian Britain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780415603133
• ISBN-10: 0415603137
• Artikelnr.: 54573510

Autorenporträt

James Lee has taught Journalism at Bucknell University since 1997. Prior to that he taught English at Susquehanna University for many years. The Lady Footballers combine two of Lee's primary interests: newspapers and soccer. Much of the information about Nettie Honeyball and the British Ladies' Football Club comes from newspaper accounts. In fact, he first became aware of the Lady Footballers initial Crouch End match while doing newspaper research on another topic.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Crouch End Rubs Its Eyes and Pinches Its Arms 2. The Threat
of Robust Mothers 3. An Aristocrat and An Upholsterer's Daughter 4. As
Natural a Game for Girls as for Boys 5. This Club Does Not Play in
Fashion's Dress 6. Grown Men Weep 7. "Stop the Game, You've Lost Your
Ribbons, Miss!" 8. Barnstorming Through Britain - 1895 and 1896 9. "Tommy"
and Mrs. Graham: Gender Confusion on the Pitch 10. Damned If They Did,
Damned If They Didn't 11. Life After Death