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1897: A story inspired by real-life Victorian trailblazers
The Scandalous Ladies Football Club
What you need to know before your trail
Minnie Newton – twenty-eight-year-old schoolteacher and women’s rights advocate – has a passion for football. But in Victorian society, football is a men’s game. That is, until Minnie decides to take matters into her own hands and place an ad in the newspaper, asking for volunteers to join the first ever women’s football team.
From a motley collection of replies, Minnie puts together a squad. Most of the women have never kicked a ball before – but a little thing like that isn’t about to stop them. And when they take the game public, it isn’t long before they are drawing huge crowds, stirring controversy across the capital and beyond.
But Minnie is hiding an explosive secret. Soon, all the attention the club is getting begins to threaten the life she has built for herself.
Can she walk the line between independence and safety, or will the truth about who she really is finally come out? And is the beautiful game enough to save her freedom?
Locations
Reset- England - London
- A: Crouch End
- B: Alexandra Park
- C: Victoria Train Station
- D: Hornsey
- England - Hampshire - Winchester
- E: Winchester Cathedral
Travel Guide
London
The British Ladies’ Football Club, which is what inspired this book, was a women’s association football team formed in 1895. It was one of the first women’s football clubs, and had as its patron Lady Florence Dixie, an aristocrat from Dumfries, and its first captain was ‘Nettie Honeyball’.
The club’s first public match took place at Crouch End, London on 23 March 1895.
Booktrailer Review
Even if you really don’t like or care about football, you will love this book. it’s the story of a group of women in Victorian London who want to play – but who are ridiculed for wanting to play in a man’s sport. What they do and what they decide will go on to make history. Based on a real story, this is amazing!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Scandalous Ladies Football Club
Destination/Location: London Author: Frances Quinn Departure: 1897
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