SuitabookThe Rise of the Lionesses: Incredible Moments from Women’s Football
Flo Lloyd-Hughes
- Reading
- Let the reader follow their interests: read chronologically for the wider history, or dip into a player or tournament profile first, then discuss how individual achievements connect across periods.
- Themes
- Women’s football challenging gender expectations: The book follows women who played, coached or developed women’s football despite attitudes that treated the game as unsuitable for them. The historical framing presents these barriers as part of the context for understanding how women’s football developed.
- Achievement and sporting legacy: Profiles connect early figures such as Nettie Honeyball and Lily Parr with later players, coaches and England’s tournament achievements. The selection and language celebrate contribution, persistence and sporting success, while the historical structure gives achievements a longer context.
- Worth knowing
- The historical account includes adversity, sexism and the English FA’s effects on women’s football. These experiences are presented as part of the sport’s history, though their detail and emotional intensity are unclear.