Self-improvement vacations, rooted in the Bible camp meetings of the early 19th century, branch into secular educational retreats around the nation. Turn of the century . Tourism and trips to expositions and world's fairs become the rage. 1910s and 1920s . Paid vacations extend to the working class.
Social reformers tout fresh-air res pites for working women and poor children.
Capitalists, perhaps hoping to forestall unionism, begin offering paid time off to male workers. Despite a brief slowdown during the Depression, the demand for vacations continues to grow. Social attitudes toward women were challenged by their new freedom to go rowing, bowling, hiking and swimming. And about social change. Eventually, the rules of vacation places become the new rules of everyday society.