Super Bowl Sundays@Home: An Alternative to the Game! | Author Talk

Looking for an alternative to the Super Bowl game? Join the NWHM and Dr. Bonnie J. Morris in conversation with authors Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo regarding their new historic account, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League, Super Bowl Sunday, February 13th at 3:00pm EST.

From our friends at Women and Children First Bookstore:

The groundbreaking story of the National Women’s Football League, and the players whose spirit, rivalries, and tenacity changed the legacy of women’s sports forever.

In 1967, a Cleveland promoter recruited a group of women to compete as a traveling football troupe. It was conceived as a gimmick—in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters—but the women who signed up really wanted to play. And they were determined to win.

Hail Mary chronicles the highs and lows of the National Women’s Football League, which took root in nineteen cities across the US over the course of two decades. Drawing on new interviews with former players from the Detroit Demons, the Toledo Troopers, the LA Dandelions, and more, Hail Mary brings us into the stadiums where they broke records, the small-town lesbian bars where they were recruited, and the backrooms where the league was formed, championed, and eventually shuttered. In an era of vibrant second wave feminism and Title IX activism, the athletes of the National Women’s Football League were boisterous pioneers on and off the field: you’ll be rooting for them from start to finish.

Order the book in advance of the event here: https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/book/9781645036623.

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