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Bikes, bars and bloomers

June 8, 2016 By Ying 2 Comments

Hello, friends. I am still learning to love cycling. (I'm getting better. I never dread it anymore. And sometimes, I really like it!) With that on my mind, here's a post from my archives about when feminism met technology in the form of the bicycle. --- In her Bicycle Book, Bella Bathurst quotes early American feminist Susan B. Anthony as saying, in 1896, “Let me tell you what I think of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Write Tagged With: Bella Bathurst, bicycles, bloomers, dress reform, feminism, Lady Harberton, penny-farthing, rational dress, safety bicycle, Things I Write, Victorian fashion, Victorian history

Bikes, Bars and Bloomers

January 7, 2015 By Ying Leave a Comment

Hello, friends. This week's blog post is about the first bold women to ride bicycles, in the late 1880s. Juicy stuff! It's up now at the History Girls. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read, Things I Write Tagged With: Bella Bathurst, cycling, feminism, rational dress, The History Girls, Things I Read, Things I Write, Victoriana

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