In the early 1920s, working class women sought increased control over the administration and organizational aspects of the sports they played, including ice hockey.
[2] On December 16, 1922, a meeting was held to announce the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association was formed.
In autumn of 1923, the LOHA suffered a setback when the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association held a meeting in Port Arthur.
[5] In 1927, LOHA president Janet Allen and LOHA treasurer Bobbie Rosenfeld attended the 38th meeting of the men's hockey association, the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), and asked the OHA to help endorse the league.
In the process, they announced that if the OHA would help boost its membership, the LOHA would create a provincial championship for its member teams.