Jean Williams
OccupationSports historian, Lecturer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
SubjectWomen’s history, Sport and literature, Sportswear, Motor sport

Jean Williams is a British professor in sport history and author specialising in women's history; sport and literature; sportswear and motorsport.[1][2][3][4] Having previously taught English for a decade, Williams was a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture, De Montfort University.[5] She acted as a historical consultant to the National Football Museum, particularly for elections to the English Football Hall of Fame.[6] Though mainly known for her work on women's football, Williams has produced a range of material on the history of sports and the social contexts of events. She is author of A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women's Football in England (Routledge 2003) and A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football (Berg 2007) and a research monograph called A Contemporary History of Women’s Sport (Routledge Research, 2011).

Bibliography

Monographs

  • 50 Women in Sport (Aurora Metro Books, 2022) ISBN 978-1-91364-101-6
  • A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women's Football in England (Routledge, 2003) ISBN 0-415-26338-7
  • Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football (Berg 2007) ISBN 978-1-84520-675-8

Journal guest editions

  • 'Sport and Literature' a special edition of Sport in History with Jeff Hill (eds) (Routledge June 2009) ISSN 1746-0263

References

  1. ↑ "You're Dead to Me - Podcast".
  2. ↑ "Jean Williams - JJ Heritage". www.jjheritage.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Jean Williams, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK". De Montfort University. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Spotlight on Research - Professor Jean Williams - History of Sport. YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK". De Montfort University. 6 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Spotlight on Research - Professor Jean Williams - History of Sport. YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021.
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