The Dick, Kerr Ladies (team photograph)

The house’s conscience piece: the first great women’s team, at full strength, on the eve of the ban. They were factory workers — munitionettes who had begun playing at dinner breaks during the war — and by 1921 they were the best-drawing side in Britain, home or away, men’s or women’s. Lily Parr on the left wing scored around a thousand goals; the team raised the equivalent of millions for wounded ex-servicemen. Lined up in stripes and bobbed hair, the confidence of the front row says everything — they knew exactly what they were. History keeps the team sheet.

Maker

period photograph

Date

c. 1921

Medium of the original

Period photograph

Original held by

Unknown photographer, 1921 · Wikimedia Commons

Credit

Unknown photographer, 1921 · Wikimedia Commons

Rights

Public domain, verified

Catalogue number

PA-01082