The Lost Lionesses Jane Austen's earliest writing dates

Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years

one headline read amidst the ridicule following the First Women's World Cup in 1971

and a trained soldier

where queues now regularly snake down the street

build a boat

The Lost Lionesses Jane Austen's earliest writing datesHERALDED ABROAD, MOCKED AT HOME, BANNED BY THE FA ALL FOR THE LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. A captivating and moving account of the first England women's football team that took part in the 1971 World Cup detailing the injustice faced by those who took part and its effect on the women's game as a whole. Told by the team themselves and written by the daughter of the main striker. 'Don't laugh, one day there may be a female Arsenal', one headline read