emergence of female footballers in sport

Question 1

what socio-cultural factors helped increase opportunities for women

Answer 1

equal opportunities, more sports generally available.
increased media coverage, BT sport shows live coverage of womens sport.
more female role models.
more provision via PE programmes.
more clubs forming.
more funding.
more free time.

Question 2

what is lawn tennis

Answer 2

middle class invention as they were excluded by upper class. played on an hourglass court.

Question 3

key features of lawn tennis

Answer 3

middle class invention
use of specialist equipment
standardised rules
played by males and females
public provision.

Question 4

what helped develop female tennis players in sport

Answer 4

WTA: developed their own professional circuit in 20th century which provided ground breaking opportunities for women to play at top level.
billie jean king became first female athlete to earn 100,000 a year.

Question 5

how did track and field develop

Answer 5

AAA ‘opened up’ sport to everyone however women were not allowed to race over 800m.