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Women Experience in Sport Every single life always has a story to tell. As I interview my classmate’s grandma, I found out some interesting inside story about her life. Every single life always has a story to tell. As I interview my classmate’s grandma, I found out some interesting inside story about her life. On October 15th 1940 was a lucky day for the Lien family when Luu Thi Bich Lien was born in Tan Mai, Vietnam. Her grandfather, who had been in a wheelchair for several years, was able to walk again. While his steps where small and his movements were slow, it was still a miracle in the Lien family’s lives. The family Business become more successful and brought in more money than ever since she was born. Luu Lien’s childhood was cut short by many factors and she had to grow up quickly in life. She attended school up until the seventh grade due to the Vietnam War. In that period of time, she was married at the age of fifteen before the Vietnam War started. She was married to Tin Tran and had a child. Back in Vietnam, girls get marry early in their teens year. They had to marry early because the country was really poor. The women had to go to work at an early age to help around the house and to put the food in the table for the family. Luu Lien met her husband in her intermediate school while he was playing soccer. Tin was one of the top players at that high school. From the first day she met him, she fell in love with him and not only him but the sport as well. They started to play and practice with each other at home and fall in love. They have to play at home because during her time, she was not allowed to play soccer as a sport in school and played with men. At school, the rules were really strict because guys and girls are like in two different worlds. For the girls in P.E., they can only play certain sports like: badminton, or jump robe. But for men, the main sport for them is soccer. When she goes to P.E., the women were separated from men. Even the coaches were divided too. For example, only women can coach for women and men apply as well. She had always dreamed of one day she will play soccer and make a girl soccer team of her own. But it was harder then what she had thought.
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