Jean Williams is a British professor in sport history and author specialising in

women's history Women's history is the study of the role that Woman, women have played in history and Historiography, the methods required to do so. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights, women's rights throughout recorded history, ...

; sport and literature;

sportswear Sportswear or activewear is athletic clothing, including footwear, worn for sports activity or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons. Typical spor ...

and

motorsport Motorsport or motor sport are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of Car, automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and Aircraft, powered aircraft. For each of these vehicle types, the more specific term ...

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 De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body ...

. She acted as a historical consultant to the

National Football Museum The National Football Museum is England's national museum of Football in England, football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of association football, football ...

, particularly for elections to the

English Football Hall of Fame The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at the National Football Museum in Manchester, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of the all-time top English footballing talents, as well as non-English players and man ...

. 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) * ''A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women's Football in England'' (Routledge, 2003) * ''Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football'' (Berg 2007)

Journal guest editions

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Jean Living people Sports historians British social historians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British non-fiction writers 21st-century British women writers