PART III – EXPANSION AND TENSION
Chapter 6 – Leisure, Work and the Inter-War Expansion
This chapter situates women’s golf within broader social change. Between the wars, participation expanded significantly, shaped by shifts in work, leisure time, and mobility.
The purpose is to show how external conditions influenced growth, not initiation. Women adapted the system to fit changing lives, expanding participation while maintaining structure. This reinforces the idea that the system was dynamic — capable of evolving without losing its core foundations.
These show golf as part of modern leisure culture.
Women’s golf expands during the early twentieth century through wider social change:
- reduced working hours
- the forty-hour week
- railway travel
- rising leisure culture
- expanding club membership
The sport becomes embedded in modern leisure society.
Image Plan
Chapter 6 – Leisure and the Inter-War Expansion
Images illustrating social change:
- 1920s–30s women golfers
- railway travel to matches
- inter-war golf fashion
- large club competitions.
These show golf as part of modern leisure culture.