50 Women #04: 50 Women in Sport

50 Women #04: 50 Women in Sport
Jean Williams, Cheryl Robson
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Hardback
h254 x 178mm - 240pg
21 Jul 2022 UK
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9781913641016
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Women have traditionally been discouraged from participating in sporting activities. Undaunted, sportswomen of all kinds have demonstrated their determination to break records and demolish outdated notions of the weaker sex. Now, the professionalisation of women' s sports such as football, rugby and cricket has led to renewed popularity and commercial investment big time, will there finally be a level playing field for all? Includes an overview of historic and pioneering women in sport by sports historian Professor Jean Williams and 25 interviews with contemporary women in sport. With colour photos throughout.

50 Women in Sport

Jean Williams is a British sports historian and author specialising in Women' s history, sport and literature, sportswear and motorsport. Having previously taught English for a decade, Williams is a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture, De Montfort University. She also acts as a historical consultant to the National Football Museum, particularly for elections to the English Football Hall of Fame. Though mainly known for her work on women' s football, Williams has produced a range of material on the history of sports and the social contexts of events: these include articles on a collection of early modern sporting poems and 1950s British Bridge to a chapter on the Indianapolis 500 motor race in the United States. Williams has also looked at women' s motor racing for a special edition on Britain' s motorists published in 2014. In terms of public history, Williams is very interested in the Midlands, writing of Leicestershire cricketer George Geary for ' Our Sporting Life' , an exhibition held at Curve Theatre in February 2011. Williams is author of ' A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women' s Football in England' (Routledge 2003) and ' A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women' s Football' (Berg 2007). Her main projects for 2010-11 included a research monograph called A Contemporary History of Women' s Sport (Routledge Research, 2011) and a 17,000 Euro UEFA-funded project Women' s Football, Europe and Professionalization 1971-2011. She is also writing a history of Britain' s Women Olympians 1900-2012. Williams has acted as consultant to sports organisations, including FIFA and for the media, for example, the BBC Nation on Film Series, BBC Radio 4 and Edwardian Farm. Williams is also a UEFA ' B' Licence Coach and an FA Child Protection Tutor. Cheryl Robson is an award-winning writer, editor and filmmaker. She is the commissioning editor for the series of books ' 50 Women in. . . ' . She was a finalist in the ITV National Diversity Awards 2019 for Lifetime Achievement. Fun fact: Her great-uncle was the footballing legend Ted Drake who played for Arsenal and England in the 1930s and became a manager for Chelsea.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781913641016
Published: 21 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Aurora Metro Books
Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
Format: Hardback
Height: 254mm
Width: 178mm
Pages: 240

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