Jstor 文有講1920 年代初美國曾經有麻雀熱潮
https://daily.jstor.org/white-women-and-the-mahjong-craze/
Heinz writes that travelers first brought mahjong to the United States in the early 1920s. It was an instant hit among white Americans, who bought hundreds of thousands of game sets. While the game had connections to a masculine gambling culture in China, white people in the U.S. soon came to think of it as a game for women. This was partly a result of the growing view of women as consumers, and partly a reflection of the common American view of Asian cultures—and Asian men—as feminine.
The attendees were “determined to be desperately Chinese in action and dress.”