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Dr Anita White CBE
January 10, 2025
A black and white photograph of a Caucasian woman in a white England blazer with roses lifts a bowl-shaped trophy above her head. A crowd cheers in the background.

Anita White was captain when England won the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) World Tournament in Edinburgh in 1975, 50 years ago this August. She is photographed here lifting the quaich trophy following a 2-0 victory over Wales in the final.

Former England women’s hockey captain and 1975 World Tournament winner Dr Anita White was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the King’s New Year’s Honours List. Her recognition is for services to women and to sport.

Anita has been a long-time supporter of The Hockey Museum (THM) and everyone involved in our organisation sends her our enthusiastic congratulations on her recognition.

Anita enjoyed a long and successful hockey career during which she played for Buckinghamshire, the South and gained 42 caps for England. Thereafter, she turned to academia and was a co-founder of the Women’s Sport Foundation, which sought to address issues of gender inequality in British sport. She also set up the Anita White Foundation, which championed leadership and opportunities for women around the world. Anita discusses this pioneering work and reflects on her hockey career in her oral history interview, conducted with THM in August 2015. Listen on our website (link below).

New Year Honours 2025: Women in Sport co-founder recognised for four decades of service to equality – Women in Sport

Anita White Oral History – The Hockey Museum

 

A black and white photograph of a Caucasian woman in a white England blazer with a roses badge and a dark skirt lifts a bowl-shaped trophy above her head. A crowd cheers in the background.

Anita White was captain when England won the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) World Tournament in Edinburgh in 1975, 50 years ago this August. She is photographed here lifting the quaich trophy following a 2-0 victory over Wales in the final.

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