The rest of the title is: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. This is a league that I have to admit that I had never heard of before reading this book. It talked about the history of women's football leading up to a sort of league in late '60s and then in to the formation of this league--NWFL. Teams in Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit and that area, then teams in OK, Dallas area and then teams around LA. Not sure about calling it a professional league, sounds almost semi-pro in that little pay and few people watching it. It did get some coverage in a women's sport magazine that Billie Jean King started but otherwise seems like mostly out of the major news. The writers did a nice job of interviewing and getting stories on the league and players from 40-50 years ago. Interesting read of again something I hadn't heard about before.
I have already posted this book on PBS, only copy in system and has not been requested. Who knows if it will move or not but there if someone else can find it.
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