Thanks so much, Jenna. Really appreciate that and love that your daughter is so into women's football!! Yes!!! The Rose Reilly story is astonishing... but also sadly unsurprising. The biggest takeaway for me in researching this piece was how the women's game is still so effected by the ban. Sometimes I get so angry, I feel like I could explode and then it just disintegrates into exhausted apathy. Fingers crossed for change. It's about time.
I really enjoyed reading this - I find the history of women's football fascinating. I barely knew anything about it and then my 8yo got some books on women's football from the library recently. As she was reading them to me before bed, I couldn't believe the unequal treatment that women's football has had over the years. On the plus side, a great introduction to feminism for my daughter! We read a story about Rose Reilly, a Scottish footballer who was only allowed to play for her local team if she cut her hair and called herself 'Ross'! She became hugely successful in the 70's playing for a French team and Italian team simultaneously. So many interesting stories like that, when you look back through the history of it all.
Thanks so much, Jenna. Really appreciate that and love that your daughter is so into women's football!! Yes!!! The Rose Reilly story is astonishing... but also sadly unsurprising. The biggest takeaway for me in researching this piece was how the women's game is still so effected by the ban. Sometimes I get so angry, I feel like I could explode and then it just disintegrates into exhausted apathy. Fingers crossed for change. It's about time.
I really enjoyed reading this - I find the history of women's football fascinating. I barely knew anything about it and then my 8yo got some books on women's football from the library recently. As she was reading them to me before bed, I couldn't believe the unequal treatment that women's football has had over the years. On the plus side, a great introduction to feminism for my daughter! We read a story about Rose Reilly, a Scottish footballer who was only allowed to play for her local team if she cut her hair and called herself 'Ross'! She became hugely successful in the 70's playing for a French team and Italian team simultaneously. So many interesting stories like that, when you look back through the history of it all.