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Early feminist Lady Florence Dixie honoured with plaque Early feminist Lady Florence Dixie honoured with plaque
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An early feminist who pioneered women's football and predicted the UK would have a female prime minister before 1999 is being honoured with a plaque.An early feminist who pioneered women's football and predicted the UK would have a female prime minister before 1999 is being honoured with a plaque.
Lady Florence Dixie was president of the British Ladies' Football Club when it formed in 1895 - despite medical professionals calling for women and girls to be banned from playing.Lady Florence Dixie was president of the British Ladies' Football Club when it formed in 1895 - despite medical professionals calling for women and girls to be banned from playing.
She was also a strong supporter of the suffragette movement.She was also a strong supporter of the suffragette movement.
The plaque has been installed at Bosworth Hall Hotel in Leicestershire.The plaque has been installed at Bosworth Hall Hotel in Leicestershire.
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Lady Florence was Scottish but she lived at the hall in Market Bosworth between 1875 and 1883.Lady Florence was Scottish but she lived at the hall in Market Bosworth between 1875 and 1883.
The Market Bosworth Society nominated her to be honoured, and its chairman Nigel Palmer described her as "a woman ahead of her time".The Market Bosworth Society nominated her to be honoured, and its chairman Nigel Palmer described her as "a woman ahead of her time".
"She explored Patagonia at the age of 23, which was quite a trip in those days, and wrote a book about her travels, which was probably unheard of for a young lady of that age," he said."She explored Patagonia at the age of 23, which was quite a trip in those days, and wrote a book about her travels, which was probably unheard of for a young lady of that age," he said.
"She wrote a book called 'Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900' which correctly predicted there would be a female prime minister before 1999."She wrote a book called 'Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900' which correctly predicted there would be a female prime minister before 1999.
"She also reported on the Boer War for the Morning Post, and the aftermath of the Zulu War.""She also reported on the Boer War for the Morning Post, and the aftermath of the Zulu War."
The women who fought to play footballThe women who fought to play football
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Women's football kits have links to the suffragette movement and Lady Florence saw football as a weapon to subvert Victorian dress.Women's football kits have links to the suffragette movement and Lady Florence saw football as a weapon to subvert Victorian dress.
"There is no reason why football should not be played by women, and played well too, provided they dress rationally and relegate to limbo the straitjacket attire in which fashion delights to attire them," she wrote in 1895."There is no reason why football should not be played by women, and played well too, provided they dress rationally and relegate to limbo the straitjacket attire in which fashion delights to attire them," she wrote in 1895.
She died of diphtheria in 1905 at the age of 50.She died of diphtheria in 1905 at the age of 50.
The honour is part of a green plaque scheme in Leicestershire which recognises important people from the county.The honour is part of a green plaque scheme in Leicestershire which recognises important people from the county.
It is due to be unveiled on Thursday afternoon in the presence of Lady Florence's great-great-granddaughter.It is due to be unveiled on Thursday afternoon in the presence of Lady Florence's great-great-granddaughter.