Look at the image from the Boston Sunday Journal , published in 1896. Expand Image Which details from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change does the image help the reader better understand? Choose two correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . Since early in the century, women's clothing seemed to be designed more for beauty and style than for comfort and practicality. One undergarment in particular, the corset, made the very act of getting dressed a challenge. What was the effect of the way in which women’s clothes were designed?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . In 1881, as women in the United States continued to struggle with hoops and corsets and other fashion architecture, their counterparts in England formed the Rational Dress Society. This society called for more reasonable clothing solutions, including limiting the weight of a woman's undergarments to seven pounds. Why was the Rational Dress Society formed?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . Driven by a desire for comfort and physical well-being, several groups of women introduced alternative approaches to fashion in the 1850s. Most combined a dress shortened to about four or five inches below the knee with some sort of baggy pantaloons worn underneath. What was the effect of women wanting safe and comfortable clothing?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change . Sometime between May and November, 1876, Colonel Albert Augustus Pope took a trip that changed American life forever. It didn't happen overnight. But this one sojourn, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Pope's home near Boston, Massachusetts, was the first step in a chain of events that ultimately led to the rise of the bicycle, the fall of the horse, the paving of America's roadways, the dawn of modern advertising, and the development of the automobile. Equally important, it helped American women gain increased independence, better health, freedom from restrictive clothing, and eventually, the right to vote. This paragraph primarily describes the
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . In the 1890s, riding a bicycle in traditional clothing could be hazardous to a woman's health. Witness this all-too-typical account of a female cyclist whose adventure came to an abrupt end: "The wind was behind me, the road good, with just the least bit of down-slope, and I was skimming along like a bird, when there was an awful tug at my dress and a cracking sound," recalled the unnamed woman, who was quoted in the journal Sporting Life in October 1891. "Before I knew what was the matter I found myself lying in the road with the safety on the top of me.” Which best characterizes the effect of the woman wearing “traditional clothing”?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . Bloomers did gain some converts in the 1850s, but the backlash was so strong that Amelia Bloomer and her colleagues gave up the fight. Some like-minded women formed the Dress Reform Association in 1857, aiming to win women the right to decide what they would and would not wear. However, the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 stalled their efforts. Why did Amelia Bloomer stop advocating for bloomers?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . That same year, the very concept of bloomers caused the Board of School Trustees in the village of College Point, New York, to take an unusual vote. It seems that three female teachers in the village school system made a practice of riding their bicycles to work, and the trustees were aghast. So they voted to prohibit female teachers from riding to and from school. Which statement best fits in the "Cause” portion of this chart? Cause: Effect: Female teachers were prohibited from riding their bicycle to school.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . Repeated injuries to women riding in long, full skirts propelled female cyclists to look for new clothing options and others to at least consider the need for them. But for every suggestion of a cycling outfit that was comfortable and safe, there seemed to be a corresponding warning to women not to overstep their bounds. Which statement best fits in the "Cause” portion of this chart? Cause: Effect: Women began advocating for different types of cycling wear.
Look at the image of a woman riding a bicycle in the 1890s. Expand Image Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . In the 1890s, riding a bicycle in traditional clothing could be hazardous to a woman's health. Witness this all-too-typical account of a female cyclist whose adventure came to an abrupt end: "The wind was behind me, the road good, with just the least bit of down-slope, and I was skimming along like a bird, when there was an awful tug at my dress and a cracking sound," recalled the unnamed woman, who was quoted in the journal Sporting Life in October 1891. How does the photograph enhance the text?
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