A Beautiful Game
A Beautiful Game A Beautiful Game International Perspectives on Women’s Football Jean Williams Oxford • New York First published in 2007 by Berg Editorial offi ces: 1st Floor, Angel Court, 81 St Clements Street, Oxford, OX4 1AW, UK 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA © Jean Williams 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of Berg. Berg is the imprint of Oxford International Publishers Ltd. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Jean, 1964– A beautiful game : international perspectives on women’s football / Jean Williams. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-84520-674-1 (cloth) ISBN-10: 1-84520-674-6 (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-1-84520-675-8 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 1-84520-675-4 (pbk.) 1. Soccer for women—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Soccer—Social aspects—Cross-cultural studies. I. Title. GV944.5.W54 2007 796.334082—dc22 2007037049 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 84520 674 1 (Cloth) ISBN 978 1 84520 675 8 (Paper) Typeset by Apex Publishing, LLC, Madison, WI Printed in the United Kingdom by Biddles Ltd, King’s Lynn www.bergpublishers.com Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. Contents Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations and Acronyms xi Introduction: From A Game for Rough Girls to A Beautiful Game: Dusting the Mirror of Women’s Football 1 1 The Girls of Summer, the Daughters of Title IX: Women’s Football in the United States 33 2 The Iron Roses: Women’s Football in PR China 83 3 A Grass Ceiling: Women’s Football in England 111 4 Waltzing the Matildas: Women’s Football in Australia 157 Conclusion: To Play or Not to Play 177 Bibliography 189 Index 207 – v – Illustrations Figure 1 Festival of Britain Programme, 21 July 1951, Corinthian versus Lancashire Ladies at Barrow.
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