Women’s Football
Short History Of...
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The Impact of Women's Football on Society
The FA ban women's football in 1921. The decision amounts to no less than a ban on women's football. As old pitches by this time are FA affiliated, the decision is devastating. Women were more popular than men and their bigger games were for charity. But as the FA only represents the men's game, it can't control the money that the women's game makes. A crucial issue in this time of social unrest. In March 1921, minors are hit with a pay cut due to the privatization of coal mines after World War One. Many strike, so go without pay for months. These working class women's teams openly support striking minors,. playing charity matches in hard hit industrial cities like
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