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255. The History of Women’s Football!! (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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The History of Women's Football
British ladies FC played a north vs south game as their debut match, with 10,000 people watching. They were again mocked and laughed at by the newspapers. Things began to change in the early 20th century when Europe soon descended into a vicious world war. Young British men signed up in their thousands to join the war effort and fight. While British women weren't fighting in the trenches, they did joined the war effort. England's factories, making weapons and materials for the war, employed thousands of female workers. The UK government started encouraging them to take part in sports,. both for their physical fitness and as a break or distraction from the first world war. Factories set up women's football
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