In 1928, the Fédération Féminine Sportive de France (FFSF) (French Women's Sports Federation) refused to renew her licence amid complaints about her lifestyle and she was therefore barred from participating in the 1928 Summer Olympics. She was homosexual, she dressed in men's attire, was a heavy smoker and swore often. In addition to her wide-ranging athletic activities, Morris deviated from traditional behaviours of the time in several other ways. Morris' lifestyle in the 1920s was quite different from the traditional role of women. She won the 1927 Bol d'Or 24 hour car race at the wheel of a B.N.C. She competed in the Tour de France Automobile in 1923 Bol d'Or 1922, 1923, 1926-8 Paris~Pyrenees 1922, 1923 Paris~Nice 1923, 1927 GP San Sebastian 1926 Dolomites 1934. She mainly competed in cyclecar endurance races and utilized a Benjamin cyclecar. Morris had her breasts removed by a mastectomy, which she claimed was in order to fit into racing cars more easily. In 1924 she participated at the 1924 Women's Olympiad again taking the gold medal in discus and shot put. Her most brilliant athletic years were considered to be from 1921 to 1924, when her slogan was 'Ce qu'un homme fait, Violette peut le faire!' (English: 'Anything a man can do, Violette can do!'). Among the other sports she participated in were road bicycle racing, motorcycle racing, car racing, airplane racing, horseback riding, tennis, archery, diving, swimming, weightlifting, and Greco-Roman wrestling. She was an avid boxer, often fighting against, and defeating, men. She was selected for the French national water polo team even though there was no women's team at the time. In addition to her football career, she was an active participant in many other sports. She won gold medals at the 19 Women's Olympiads. She also played on the France women's national team. Morris played for Fémina Sports from 1917 until 1919, and for Olympique de Paris from 1920 to 1926. Morris learned how to drive during World War I and during the war she drove ambulances and worked as a courier including at the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun. She married Cyprien Edouard Joseph Gouraud on 22 August 1914 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. Morris spent her adolescence in a convent, L'Assomption de Huy. Violette Morris was born to Baron Pierre Jacques Morris, a retired French Army cavalry captain, and Élisabeth Marie Antoinette Sakakini, of Palestinian Arab origin.

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