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

该项目将为1951年至1991年代表英格兰参加41场温布利国际比赛的女性、1974年至2016年参加女子曲棍球世界杯的女性以及1980年至2016年参加奥运会的英国队的女性撰写集体传记。该研究将比较女子冰球运动与男子冰球运动的发展，并将包括男性对女子冰球运动发展的重要贡献。研究将包括收集1951年至2016年奥运会期间英格兰国家队球员的口述历史，并在适当的情况下，收集他们的家人、管理人员、医疗人员和教练组人员的口述历史，这些人使球员能够代表国家队旅行。这一点很重要，因为作为英格兰国家队的代表，以及在奥运会上作为英国队的代表，女性的工作曾经是业余的，但现在越来越专业。这一时间表证明了女性作为精英运动员的专业化程度有所提高，并由此获得了更广泛的公众认可，2016年奥运会上的金牌就证明了这一点。这将是第一篇关于女子曲棍球的论文，它是及时和热门的，因为二战后早期的一些代表性球员现在已经年老或去世。重要的是，自1895年以来，国际女子曲棍球作为全英女子曲棍球协会的一部分发展起来；自1924年起成为国际冰球联合会（FIH）的一部分，并在大约同一时间开始成为职业联赛的一部分。正如几位评论员所指出的那样，尽管表面上是由主要的女性管理人员领导，但长期以来，女子曲棍球一直得到重要的男性管理人员、教练、医疗和教练团队以及代表性球员的家人和朋友的支持。该项目将解锁个人和机构的体育遗产。加上已经存在的，口述历史的收购将使THM拥有世界上最大的与女子曲棍球相关的文物收藏。在第一次世界大战之前和两次世界大战之间，全英女子曲棍球协会举办了早期的国际巡回赛，对手是澳大利亚和新西兰。然而，在1948年之后，更多的人开始通过陆路、海上和空中旅行来休闲和娱乐。体育是这个故事的一部分，大型赛事开始发展，如奥运会和世界锦标赛。该项目的一个重要部分将是揭示20世纪50年代以来女性作为国家代表的旅行经历。然而，除了Jean Williams对女子板球、曲棍球和足球的研究之外，很少有学者抓住了“巡回演出”对相关个人的意义；关注女性经历的研究就更少了。然而，第一次“穿越赤道”在任何旅行者的生命中都是一个关键的时刻。因此，女子曲棍球地位的变化让人们了解到女性生活（工作和休闲）以及越来越多的女孩生活的变化本质。口述历史可以帮助填补现存文献的空白。除了使用曲棍球博物馆的文本材料外，学生还将根据口述历史协会的指导方针进行采访。这将为未来曲棍球博物馆的研究人员提供补充的档案来源，从而创造新的知识。

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 2016 and as part of Team GB at the Olympic Games from 1980 to 2016. The research will compare the development of the women's game with that of the men's, and will also include the significant male contribution to the development of women's hockey. 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.This will be the first thesis of its kind on women's hockey and it is timely and topical since some of the earlier post-World War Two representative players are 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.This project will unlock personal and institutional sporting heritage. Together with what already exists, the acquisition of the oral histories will enable THM to have the largest collection of artefacts related to women's hockey anywhere in the world.The All England Women's Hockey Association held early international tours against Australia and New Zealand before World War One and during the inter-war period. However, after 1948, more people began to travel by land, sea and air for leisure and pleasure. Sport was part of this story and mega events began to grow like the Olympic Games and World Championships. An important part of the project will be to uncover women's experiences of touring as representatives of their country as, from the 1950s onwards. However, aside from Jean Williams' work on women's cricket, hockey and football, very few academics have captured what being 'on tour' meant to the individuals concerned; even less work has looked at women's experiences. 'Crossing the Equator' for the first time was, and remains, a pivotal moment in any traveller's life however. So, the changing status of women's hockey gives an insight into the changing nature of women's lives (work and leisure) and those of increasing numbers of girls. Oral history can help to fill voids in the extant textual collections. As well as using the text-based material at The Hockey Museum, the student will undertake interviews using Oral History Society guidelines. This will create supplementary archival sources for future researchers to remain at The Hockey Museum, thereby creating new knowledge.