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Information about the book “A Class of Its Own – When Viennese Women Footballers Were Unique in the World”
When women played a football championship in Vienna between 1935 and 1938, Austria was the only country in the world with its own title matches. The development, which began in the 1920s and was driven forward from 1934 onwards, made Vienna one of the centres in the early history of women’s football. It is time to trace the extraordinary history of the first Austrian women footballers in words and pictures and to analyse it in detailed statistics. In many respects, Austria’s first female footballers were “in a class of their own”. The fact that this upswing occurred precisely during the period of “Austrofascism” also makes it significant in terms of social and gender policy.
366 pages, 100 photos, A4, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-902975-89-8
After the presentation of the book by Helge Faller, we look forward to an exciting discussion with the following guests:
*Helge Faller is himself an enthusiastic football coach, religious educator and women’s football researcher. The author studied history, politics, philosophy and cultural studies at the University of Hagen.
*Lara Krampf, football activist from Vienna, made headlines last year with her petition “Women’s soccer without boundaries” and is actively campaigning for equal opportunities in football.
*Oliver Egger was the first publicly outed footballer in Austria to set up a hotline with his ombudsman’s office for all people in football who have experienced discrimination due to their sexuality.
*Nikola Staritz is a project officer at the fairplay association in Vienna and is responsible for the area of anti-discrimination. She has published on the topics of sport and gender relations and is a football coach herself
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