Cover of the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8 - Reading for the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Look at the pictures and the captions. Why would the outfits worn by the women 'kick up a fuss' at the time?

Answer

Because the women were wearing trousers of some kind, rather than the dresses or skirts they would normally have worn. Also, their outfits differed from those worn by male football players at the time.