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There are photos of women using ice hockey equipment from 1890. The first women's ice hockey games were played in the late 1890s/early1900s.
In July of 1992, it was deciedd that women's hockey should take place in the olympics. The first games of women's olympic hockey started in the 1998 winter olympics.
Hockey was first played by Native Americans so it is hard to tell who played the first game of hockey. Myth of fact is when colonist first saw Indians playing the game they kept shouting the word "hockey!" which translates to "it hurts!"
Alexander Ovechkin by the Washington Capitals
Hockey was historically not played on ice until around the invention of modern ice hockey. This was well after the creation of modern field hockey, which itself derived from earlier variations. In short: field hockey was first.