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Hy (Hyacinth) Money is an India-born English photojournalist who is considered the United Kingdom's first female sports photographer.

Early life
Money is of Portuguese and Irish descent. She was born in Bangalore, and raised in Indian at a British military boarding school. Money always had an interest in photography; when she came to the UK in the 1950s, she brought along a camera. Money first worked in a photo processing in Croydon.

Career
In 1973, Money decided to become a sports photographer after a visit to The Crystal Palace with her son Martin for his seventh birthday. After initial opposition, in 1975, she was accepted and became the first female sports photographer in the National Union of Journalists. She would become the first female photographer allowed on a football pitch.

Publication

 * Hy on Palace (2006)