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Private game of tennis, early 20th century

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Private game of tennis, early 20th century
Members of the Woodhouse family and their friends play tennis on their private court. At the time, in this private, social environment, women's participation in sport was more accepted than in public.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Blackburn Collection

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Greg Ryan, Sport and society – Ethnicity and gender in sport, 1860–1910, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39396/private-game-of-tennis-early-20th-century (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Greg Ryan, published 30 November 2012.