Women's American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Gridiron

Author:   Russ Crawford
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
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9781496233332


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Russ Crawford
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9781496233332


ISBN 10:   1496233336
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Free to Play 1. Women’s Professional Football Begins 2. Women’s Football Roars Back 3. The Independent Women’s Football League 4. The Women’s Football Alliance 5. The X League 6. The Women’s National Football Conference 7. Girls Take the Field 8. American Women Tackle the World Postscript: 1 July 2020—Born to Play Appendix: List of Interviewees Notes Index

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An amazing compilation of facts, anecdotes, and forecasts for the future of women's football. Russ Crawford not only captures the flavor of the trailblazers of this sport but illustrates the sport itself and its possible future. If you play this sport, or have someone in your life who does, this is a must-read. -Rick Rasmussen, two-time Independent Women's Football League national champion head coach of the Utah Falconz Russ Crawford's research about women football players and coaches is a fun and interesting journey through time. Their stories encompass so much of the passion and drive women have shown as they continue to play a sport they love. Crawford brings to life the reality of those early pioneers, and the continued efforts of today's torchbearers to grow the game. . . . Crawford's book will inspire others to believe in and live their own football dreams. -Louise Bean, two-time Independent Women's Football League champion quarterback for the Utah Falconz and Women's Football Hall of Fame inductee A journey begins with a passion. Football is no different. But for many reasons women through history have been excluded from that passion. . . . I, and many women's football athletes, thank Russ Crawford for depicting the amazing history of women's tackle football. -Oscar F. Lopez, founder of Gridiron Beauties Russ Crawford's book is going to help the world understand that girls can play football, and so can women! It's not just a man's sport! He also provides information for parents whose daughters might love to participate in girls' tackle football in the future. -Crys Sacco, cofounder of the Utah Girls Tackle Football League and head coach of the UGTFL's Kearns Cougars With vivid details of the adversity these women have gone through to play the game they love, Women's American Football is a must-read as much for newcomers to the game as it is for longtime fans. In fact, I am willing to bet that the people who will one day make women's tackle football a true professional sport in which women can earn a living will cite Crawford's book as a key inspiration of theirs. -Michael Burmy Burmeister, superfan of women's football and curator of the Hometown Women's Football Facebook group


An amazing compilation of facts, anecdotes, and forecasts for the future of women's football. Russ Crawford not only captures the flavor of the trailblazers of this sport but illustrates the sport itself and its possible future. If you play this sport, or have someone in your life who does, this is a must-read. -Rick Rasmussen, two-time Independent Women's Football League national champion head coach of the Utah Falconz Russ Crawford's research about women football players and coaches is a fun and interesting journey through time. Their stories encompass so much of the passion and drive women have shown as they continue to play a sport they love. Crawford brings to life the reality of those early pioneers, and the continued efforts of today's torchbearers to grow the game. . . . Crawford's book will inspire others to believe in and live their own football dreams. -Louise Bean, two-time champion Independent Women's Football League champion quarterback for the Utah Falconz and Women's Football Hall of Fame inductee A journey begins with a passion. Football is no different. But for many reasons women through history have been excluded from that passion. . . . I, and many women's football athletes, thank Russ Crawford for depicting the amazing history of women's tackle football. -Oscar F. Lopez, founder of Gridiron Beauties Russ Crawford's book is going to help the world understand that girls can play football, and so can women! It's not just a man's sport! He also provides information for parents whose daughters might love to participate in girls' tackle football in the future. -Crys Sacco, cofounder of the Utah Girls Tackle Football League and head coach of the UGTFL's Kearns Cougars With vivid details of the adversity these women have gone through to play the game they love, Women's American Football is a must-read as much for newcomers to the game as it is for longtime fans. In fact, I am willing to bet that the people who will one day make women's tackle football a true professional sport in which women can earn a living will cite Crawford's book as a key inspiration of theirs. -Michael Burmy Burmeister, superfan of women's football and curator of the Hometown Women's Football Facebook group


An amazing compilation of facts, anecdotes, and forecasts for the future of women's football. Russ Crawford not only captures the flavor of the trailblazers of this sport but illustrates the sport itself and its possible future. If you play this sport, or have someone in your life who does, this is a must-read. -Rick Rasmussen, two-time Independent Women's Football League national champion head coach of the Utah Falconz Russ Crawford's research about women football players and coaches is a fun and interesting journey through time. Their stories encompass so much of the passion and drive women have shown as they continue to play a sport they love. Crawford brings to life the reality of those early pioneers, and the continued efforts of today's torchbearers to grow the game. . . . Crawford's book will inspire others to believe in and live their own football dreams. -Louise Bean, two-time Independent Women's Football League national champion quarterback for the Utah Falconz and Women's Football Hall of Fame inductee A journey begins with a passion. Football is no different. But for many reasons women through history have been excluded from that passion. . . . I, and many women's football athletes, thank Russ Crawford for depicting the amazing history of women's tackle football. -Oscar F. Lopez, founder of Gridiron Beauties Russ Crawford's book is going to help the world understand that girls can play football, and so can women! It's not just a man's sport! He also provides information for parents whose daughters might love to participate in girls' tackle football in the future. -Crys Sacco, co-founder of the Utah Girls Football League and head coach of the UGFL's Kearns Cougars With vivid details of the adversity these women have gone through to play the game they love, Women's American Football is a must-read as much for newcomers to the game as it is for longtime fans. In fact, I am willing to bet that the people who will one day make women's tackle football a true professional sport in which women can earn a living will cite Crawford's book as a key inspiration of theirs. -Michael Burmy Burmeister, superfan of women's football and curator of the Hometown Women's Football Facebook group


Author Information

Russ Crawford is a professor of history at Ohio Northern University. He is the author of Le Football: A History of American Football in France (Nebraska, 2016) and The Use of Sports to Promote the American Way of Life during the Cold War: Cultural Propaganda, 1945–1963.  

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