Women's Intercollegiate hockey team, 1926. Image: University of Toronto Archives
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Resource ID
7912
Access
Open
Credit Line
The "Torontonensis" - University of Toronto Archives
Date of Creation
1926
Keywords
Hockey, Women's History, women, athletes, physical education
People Depicted
From left to right are: Dorothy McNaughton, Jessie Mooney, Eileen Ditchburn, Jerry Campbell (coach), Ruth Hazelwood, Doris Ross, Marion Hilliard and Nettie Hanson.
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Public Domain
Caption
Women's Intercollegiate hockey team, 1926. Image: University of Toronto Archives
Description
This image of the women's Intercollegiate Hockey Team is taken from p. 290 of the "Torontonensis" in 1926. Women's involvement in organized hockey seems to date to around the 1890s, with university hockey teams for women emerging across Canada - the University of Toronto's women's hockey team being one of the earliest. These university teams competed at the first provincial women's championship in 1914 in Picton, Ontario. The Women's Hockey Association emerged in 1891 with the advent of their first game, and 31 years later the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association (LOHA) was formed. The 1920s and 30s are often referred to as a golden age for women in sports, with more and more professional female athletes being recognized, and more women in general becoming involved in physical education. It wasn't until 1982 that the first Women's Nationals in hockey occurred and it wouldn't be until 1998 that women's hockey was included in the Olympics.