Margaret Boyd

Margaret Boyd (17 January 1913 - 21 November 1993) was an English lacrosse player, administrator and school teacher who founded the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations (today World Lacrosse) in 1972 and was vice-president (later president) of the English Women's Lacrosse Association. She was an educator at Roedean School, a girl's public school in Sussex, then at Berkhamsted School and finally at Wycombe Abbey as the head of physical education and later a housemistress. In lacrosse, Boyd played as a defence wing for Bedford College, Boxmoor Ladies, the East Ladies Lacrosse Association and the England women's lacrosse team, which she captained from 1938 to her retirement from playing in 1951. She worked as a lacrosse coach in the United States and elsewhere for two decades. Boyd was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1971 and was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1993. Early life On 17 January 1913, Boyd was born in Strasbourg, Alsace, Germany. She was the daughter and fourth of five children born to the Manchester oil company manager Harold de Haven Boyd and his wife Charlotte Elisabeth, . Boyd lived in Strasbourg, and was educated firstly at Berkhamsted Girls' School in Hertfordshire and then at Wycombe Abbey in Buckinghamshire, where she learnt lacrosse. She excelled at playing games and could play the piano well. Boyd trained as a physical education teacher at Bedford PE College. Career Boyd first educated at Roedean School, a girl's public school in Sussex, and then at Berkhamsted School until the start of the Second World War. During the war, she motorcycled daily to Ashridge Hospital in Ashridge House close to Berkhamsted, working as a qualified physiotherapist there. In 1944, Boyd returned to Wycombe Abbey as a teacher who headed physical education and then as a housemistress until she retired from the school in 1975, although there were occasional staff shortages that required her involvement in teaching. She was the co-ordinator the school appeal, was the head of careers advice, organised the sixth form social work in High Wycombe and had a major role in the seniors (old girls') association. She played lacrosse as a defence wing, firstly for Bedford College and later for Boxmoor Ladies. In 1934, Boyd was chosen for the East Ladies Lacrosse Association and the England women's lacrosse team. She was the England national captain from 1938 until she retired from playing in 1951.