The Matilda effect / Fiona Crawford.
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TextPublisher: Carlton, VIC : Melbourne University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: viii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780522878004Subject(s): Matildas (Soccer team) | Matildas (Soccer team) | Soccer teams -- Australia | Soccer players -- Australia | Soccer teams -- Australia -- History | Soccer for women -- Australia | Women soccer playersDDC classification: 796.334 Summary: The Matilda Effect is the exciting, inspiring, sometimes infuriating and always colourful story of the Australian women's football (soccer) team, the Matildas, and their ultimately successful struggle, alongside other women from around the world, to compete in World Cup football. From the 1980s, when women had to pay to participate in the pilot Women's World Cup, to 2019, when the principle of equal pay for women players was finally accepted amid surging interest in their game, the voices of key figures emerge. A book at once about and not about sport, and with a throughline of human rights and gender equality history, The Matilda Effect takes the reader out of the stands and onto the pitch, into the team's hotels, buses, boardrooms and social media universe, where positive change has been wrestled into being.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 796.334 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111088305204 |
Includes index and bibliographic references.
The Matilda Effect is the exciting, inspiring, sometimes infuriating and always colourful story of the Australian women's football (soccer) team, the Matildas, and their ultimately successful struggle, alongside other women from around the world, to compete in World Cup football. From the 1980s, when women had to pay to participate in the pilot Women's World Cup, to 2019, when the principle of equal pay for women players was finally accepted amid surging interest in their game, the voices of key figures emerge. A book at once about and not about sport, and with a throughline of human rights and gender equality history, The Matilda Effect takes the reader out of the stands and onto the pitch, into the team's hotels, buses, boardrooms and social media universe, where positive change has been wrestled into being.
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