Bicycles and the Emancipation of Women

 

"Bicycling has done more to emancipate woman than any one thing in the world."
Susan B. Anthony, suffragist, 1896

 

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The two-wheeled, diamond-frame safety bicycle (basically the same one we ride today) gave women unprecedented mobility, and contributed to their emancipation. 

In the 1890s the craze for cycling amongst women, created a whole new set of fashions such as "bloomers" (a garment which is a cross between a skirt and trousers (pants)). which helped liberate women from the corset, and other restrictive clothing.

 

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