Rob Scrase - (widower of Pat Scrase ed Folkwrite) - posesses a book published 170 years ago delineating Female Morris dancers. No one is interested in his offer of archiving the tome.

And during WW1 there were plenty of documented instances of women keeping the tradition alive.

Given that it was often done at Mayday hiring fairs to showcase a man's fitness, the obvious mock fighting, and at Christmas (etc) as form of begging (one reason for black faces). This, in a ballanced family, would have been the man's side of the worksharing demarkation line - one can see the reason for the "tradition". But speaking personally I prefer skill to see and maybe humour - witness the Outside Capering Crew. And copy them with a beergut - I dare you.

And speaking as a man - I never have and never will (oooooer) dance Morris. Social dance and female partners are my preferrence. I deplore the new-fangled practice of men dancing with men in ceilidhs - it is bad enough deciding which person to veer towards when two ladies are partnered
(I know, I know the pretty one........................ ducks and runs for cover)