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<DIV>End of ch. 4 of “A Room”:</DIV>
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<DIV>“And yet, I continued, approaching the bookcase again, where shall I find
that elaborate study of the psychology of women by a woman? If through their
incapacity to play football women are not going to be allowed to practise
medicine--</DIV>
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align=justify>“Happily my thoughts were now given another turn.”</P>
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align=justify>The mention of football is actually significant: </P>
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align=justify><FONT color=#202122>“Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C.<SPAN
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN>was one of the earliest <FONT
color=#000000>known<SPAN
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">women's association
football</FONT><SPAN
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN>teams in England. The team remained in
existence for over 48 years, from 1917 to 1965, playing 833 games, winning 759,
drawing 46, and losing 28.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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color=#202122><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN>During its early years, matches attracted
anywhere from 4,000 to over 50,000 spectators per match.</FONT><SPAN
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><FONT color=#000000> ... <SPAN
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team faced strong opposition by<SPAN
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">the Football Association</FONT></FONT><SPAN
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color=#000000><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN>(FA), who banned ...
women from using</FONT> fields and stadiums controlled by FA-affiliated clubs
for 50 years (the rule was finally repealed in
1971).”</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#202122><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN
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color=#202122>The resolution passed [on 5/Dec/21] by the FA's Consultative
Committee read: </FONT><FONT color=#202122>5. Women's Football Matches. The
following Resolution was adopted: </FONT><FONT color=#202122>Complaints having
been made as to football being played by women, Council felt impelled to express
the strong opinion that the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and
should not be encouraged. ...”</FONT></P>
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align=justify><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick,_Kerr_Ladies_F.C.__;!!KGKeukY!jGUbisRx93KWNJuTN9YcaxjUxjQIiE6HcTrRtbpSsntga7rTP50egOUvB2FkyWvy1G8$">h<a title="ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick,_Kerr_Ladies_F.C." href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick,_Kerr_Ladies_F.C.__;!!KGKeukY!jGUbisRx93KWNJuTN9YcaxjUxjQIiE6HcTrRtbpSsntga7rTP50egOUvB2FkyWvy1G8$">ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick,_Kerr_Ladies_F.C.</A></A></P>
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align=justify>VW remarked on women’s football in particular in ch. 3 of “Three
Guineas” (she clipped the press cutting from the <FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #faebd7"><I
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN></SPAN><I
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style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> of </SPAN>15 August 1936),
quoting:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">“Official football circles here
[Wellingborough, Northants] regard with anxiety the growing popularity of girl's
football. A secret meeting of the Northants Football Association's consultative
committee was held here last night to discuss the playing of a girl's match on
the Peterborough ground. Members of the Committee are reticent . . . One member,
however, said today: 'The Northants Football Association is to forbid women's
football. This popularity of girls' football comes when many men's clubs in the
country are in a parlous state through lack of support. Another serious aspect
is the possibility of grave injury to women players.’”</FONT></SPAN></P>
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412)</SPAN></P>
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