Women & Football

<p>Football, or soccer depending on where you are in the world, is quite unsuitable for women, wouldn’t you agree? No? Well the Football Association thought so when they issued a ban<strong> </strong>on women’s football in 1921, which stayed in place for<em> fifty </em>years.</p><br><p>Off the back of England's Lionesses winning the Euros (it's also the 20th anniversary of Bend It Like Beckham, which <em>must</em> mean something) Kate is joined by The Guardian's women's football correspondent, Suzanne Wrack, to talk about the rise and fall, and rise again of women's football.</p><br><p>Hear about the factory girls of World War One, meet some of the early stars like Nettie Honeyball, and find out why the game became so political.</p><br><p>You can find out more about Suzanne's book <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-womans-game/suzanne-wrack//9781783352159?awc=3787_1660835399_850a9bc7c1595c83c0e0978bccf50bb0&utm_source=259955&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=Genie+Shopping+CSS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>, and listen to her podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-guardians-womens-football-weekly/id1632047182" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>*WARNING there are naughty words in this episode*</p><br><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.</p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p><br><p>For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/sign-up-to-history-hit/?utm_source=timelinenewsletter&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Timeline+Podcast+Campaign" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts, and audiobooks at History Hit - <a href="https://access.historyhit.com/?utm_source=audio&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=Podcast+Campaign&utm_id=Podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe today</a>!</p><br><p>You've been listening to a History Hit podcast. Please take a couple of minutes to fill out<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/podcasts-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;this survey</a>&nbsp;with your feedback, we'd really appreciate it.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>