The History Hour

Brazil's ban on women in football and the first air fryer


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We hear about the law in Brazil which made it illegal for women and girls to play football for 40 years.

Dilma Mendes shares her incredible experience of being arrested numerous times as a child, just for kicking a ball. Our guest, Alexandra Allred, herself a pioneering sportswomen, discusses the discrimination women have faced to break into competitive sport.

Plus, the moment when the 'Queen of Salsa', banned from Cuba by Fidel Castro, was allowed to return to Cuban territory for one performance.

We learn about the brutal crushing of a student movement in 1968 in Mexico City 10 days before the Olympic Games, which ended in dozens being killed.

Also, the start of an environmental movement in Italy in 1988, and the invention of the air fryer. The prototype was nearly as big as a dog kennel and made of wood and aluminium.

Contributors:

Dilma Mendes - defied Brazil's ban on women playing football.
Alexandra Allred - author of When Women Stood: The Untold History of Females Who Changed Sports and the World.
Omer Pardillo Cid - manager and close friend of Celia Cruz.
David Huerta - witness to the Mexico City massacre in 1968.
Rosa Porcu - a protester against the 'poison ships' docked in Italy in 1988.
Suus van der Weij - daughter of Fred van der Weij, inventor of the air fryer.

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