An Oral History of England and Team GB Women's International Hockey Representatives 1951-2016

该项目将为1951年至1991年代表英格兰参加41场温布利国际比赛、1974年至2014年参加女子曲棍球世界杯以及1980年至2016年作为英国队成员参加奥运会的女性撰写集体传记。研究将包括从1951年到2016年奥运会期间收集的英格兰国际球员的口述历史，以及在适当的情况下，他们的家庭成员和管理人员，医疗和教练组，他们使球员能够代表他们的国家队旅行。这一点意义重大，因为妇女作为英格兰国家代表以及在奥运会上作为英国代表队的工作过去是业余的，但现在越来越专业。这一年表证明了女性作为精英球员的专业化程度有所提高，并因此获得了更广泛的公众认可，正如2016年里约奥运会的金牌所显示的那样。这项研究的启动非常及时，并且与许多早期的二战后代表性球员现在已经年老或去世有关。重要的是，国际女子曲棍球自1895年以来作为全英女子曲棍球协会的一部分发展;自1924年以来作为国际曲棍球联合会（FIH）的一部分，并作为职业联赛的一部分，大约在同一时间开始。正如一些评论员指出，虽然表面上由主要的女性管理者领导，女子曲棍球长期以来一直受到重要的男性管理者，教练，医疗和教练组以及代表球员的家人和朋友的支持。特别的研究问题包括，谁是自1951年以来作为国际代表出现的女性？他们的社会出身、阶级、年龄、教育和性取向如何？从业余到专业的转变，他们的经历有什么变化？女性与男性教练和管理人员的关系有什么政治因素？他们在不同赛事和巡回赛中的经历如何塑造了他们对代表性比赛的看法？家庭和友谊网络在维持曲棍球职业生涯中有多重要？

This project will produce a collective biography of women who have represented England at the 41 Wembley international matches between 1951 and 1991, at the Women's Hockey World Cup between 1974 and 2014 and as part of Team GB at the Olympic Games from 1980 to 2016. Research will include collected oral histories of England International players from 1951 to the 2016 Olympics and, where appropriate, their family members and the administrators, medical and coaching staff who enabled the players to travel on behalf of their national teams. This is significant because women's work as national representatives of England and, at the Olympic Games as Team GB, used to be amateur but is now increasingly professional. This chronology evidences women's improved specialisation as elite players and a consequent broader public recognition, as shown by the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.The initiation of this research is very timely and topical with many of the earlier post-World War 2 representative players now elderly or deceased. Importantly, international women's hockey developed as part of the All England Women's Hockey Association since 1895; as part of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1924 and as part of professional league competition beginning at about the same time. As several commentators have indicated, although ostensibly led by key female administrators, women's hockey has long been supported by significant male administrators, coaches, medical and coaching staff as well as the family and friends of representative players.Particular research questions include, who are the women who have appeared as international representatives since 1951? What have been their social origins, class, age, education and sexuality? How has their experience changed with the change from amateur to professional? What have been the politics of women's relationship with male coaches and administrators? How have their experiences of different tournaments and touring shaped their perception of representative competition? How important have family and friendship networks been in sustaining hockey careers?