America Now
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First episode date | October 30, 2010 |
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Final episode date | September 5, 2014 |
Languages | English |
Theme song | America Now Theme Song |
Networks | CNBC |
Raycom Media | |
Presented by | Leeza Gibbons |
Bill Rancic | |
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ID | 2094715 |
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America Now is a defunct American daily television magazine program hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic, featuring "news you can really use" on lifestyle topics such as health, diet, family and pets. The program, which aired Monday through Friday, was produced by ITV Studios America.
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Manchester Corinthians: Pioneering women's football club honoured
By Lynette HorsburghBBC News
A pioneering group who defied an FA ban On Women 's football to form a team and help lay The Foundations for the Lionesses are being honoured.
A blue plaque is to be unveiled at the Manchester Corinthians former home in Fog Lane Park, Didsbury, later.
The Club , which formed in 1949, won a major European trophy in Germany, and played on international tours in front of More Than 50,000 people.
Former player Margaret Shepherd said the recognition " means everything".
The Football Association banned women from playing on FA-affiliated pitches in 1921.
The ban was finally lifted in 1971 following the formation of The Women 's Football Association a couple of years earlier.
Margaret Whitworth, a former Manchester Corinthians player, told how she had to keep it A Secret that she played football at first as did many of her teammates.
" We never told anybody until later on in our careers, " She Said .
'Break down barriers'She Said they did not dare be seen buying football boots either.
" We'd either send from The Catalogue or we used to get Someone Else to buy them and say they were for our brother, " She Said .
" In Those Days things were totally different; women playing football wasn't very ladylike. "
Ms Whitworth, who joined The Team in 1958 at the Age Of 12 and played for them until 1974, recalled playing in front of crowds of More Than 50,000 people during a three-month tour of South America .
Now aged 77, She Said : " It is something you never forget. I loved every minute of it.
" I was only 14 years old and it was just in Another World to me. Everything about it was amazing. "
Ms Whitworth said reuniting with some teammates she has not seen in 60 years for the unveiling of The Blue plaque " will be amazing".
Another former player, Margaret Shepherd, who played from 1967 until 1972, said she also kept her football Under Wraps from her work colleagues and school friends.
" I never told anyone, " She Said .
" You didn't tell anybody because you were frowned upon. Women playing football wasn't heard of. "
The 76-year-old said The Blue plaque " means everything".
" It is not just for me but it is for every other Corinthian that played and every other lady footballer that played during the ban.
" We just want recognition of the achievements that we made, " She Said .
Ms Shepherd said she had loved watching the Lionesses trophy and their run to this year's.
Historian and writer Gary James backed The Campaign to celebrate the " groundbreaking" Manchester Corinthians, which folded in the early 1980s.
" The Corinthians demonstrated that women were playing football consistently and regularly at a time when the FA ban was in place, " He Said , adding they had " toured the globe promoting football and female endeavour and demonstrated The Best of British football".
" They demonstrate that no matter what society tells you it is important to break down barriers and work together, " He Said .
Two murals by artist Gavin Renshaw dedicated to the Manchester Corinthians will also be unveiled in a ceremony which is due to be attended by More Than a dozen former players, including 92-year-old Dorothy Allcock who played when The Team was formed in 1949.
Source of news: bbc.com