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Forgotten History of Female Football
How women have been pressured to not play football throughout history
Growing up as a girl who loved playing football, I was often told that football is not a game for girls. My parents were usually anxious that playing football would negatively affect my physiological development. With all of that discouragement, I started to act like a lady at one point and stopped hitting balls with my foot.
As a grown woman who still enjoys playing football, I recently realized that I knew nothing about the history of women’s football. As I started researching, I sadly discovered that female football is actually a perfect example of how our natural rights can quickly be taken away from us.
History of football
The history of football can be traced all the way back to . Football, as we know it today, emerged in the 19th century. During that time, football was popular in Britain, but it remained limited to local neighborhoods. Factory, community, and school teams existed, but the rules…
