Introduction: Time and Tide – Origins, Founders and Goals

This chapter gives an account of Time and Tide’s origins, founders and goals, paying particular attention to the energy and vision of its owner and editor from 1926 Lady Margaret Rhondda. Providing an overview of the chapters that follow it also introduces the book’s central argument that – contrary to early assessments of the periodical which suggest that in the 1930s its feminism ‘faded away’ (Doughan & Sanchez 1987) – feminism remained a central motivating and shaping force on Time and Tide’s editorial policy and content throughout the interwar years.