Comments on: Three Women who Changed the Course of History On Bicycles

By: Marya McQuirter

Marya McQuirter — Tue, 22 May 2018 23:18:45 +0000

this article is so problematically white-centered and ahistorical.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 12:52:42 +0000

Where is Tillie Anderson?

By: Therese

Therese — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 03:00:48 +0000

Wow truly inspirational

By: EF

EF — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:41:39 +0000

Great article. Now, isn’t it about time women compete in the Tour de France…

By: Linda Goddard

Linda Goddard — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 08:48:07 +0000

I’d like to mention that Alice Hawkins of Leicester, UK 1863-1946 who was a leader of the women’s suffrage movement in Leicester. She would cycle round towns and villages in Leicestershire campaigning for women’s rights and support . Without the bicycle, women like Alice would have been unable to campaign effectively at a time when most women were tied to the home.

By: Jym Dyer

Jym Dyer — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:36:02 +0000

In reply to Caitlin. @Caitlin - Yes, her rational dress movement was 30 years ahead of its time. And while women were wearing dresses on bikes, bloomers made a comeback. An even more significant development for women's freedom of movement (and of breathing) was getting rid of corsets, which was also prompted by the bike.

By: gilles landry

gilles landry — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:34:40 +0000

Nice article!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 20:02:08 +0000

Amelia Bloomer started wearing full trousers in 1851. The first bicycle (the velocipede) didn’t arrive in the United States until around 1868. Dress reform and cycling don’t actually have all that much to do with one another. The image of a woman bicycling in bloomers in the 1890s represented ideas about freedom and feminism, but most women rode in skirts in the 1890s.

By: Kerri V

Kerri V — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:43:30 +0000

Wish I could be in Washington for this. Thank you for the article Momentum. “How I Learned to Ride a Bicycle” by Frances E. Willard is also a good read.