Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.Smith blamed the bicycle for the downfall of women's health, morals, and religious devotion. Her accusations brought a swift and impassioned response. The Reverend Dr. A. Stewart Walsh, a respected clergyman in New York City and a cyclist himself, wrote a letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle declaring, "I have associated with thousands of riders . . . and I have not seen among them . . . anything that could begin to approach the outrageous and scandalous indecency of the resolutions of the alleged rescue league."
Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.Smith blamed the bicycle for the downfall of women's health, morals, and religious devotion. Her accusations brought a swift and impassioned response. The Reverend Dr. A. Stewart Walsh, a respected clergyman in New York City and a cyclist himself, wrote a letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle declaring, "I have associated with thousands of riders . . . and I have not seen among them . . . anything that could begin to approach the outrageous and scandalous indecency of the resolutions of the alleged rescue league."
Which detail from the foreword to Wheels of Change supports the viewpoint that access to bicycles improves the lives of women and children?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.To hang on to their flocks, clergy members invited congregants to wear cycling clothes to church and provided space to park their bikes. A few industrious ministers even tried meeting cyclists on their own turf, holding outdoor services on bicycle routes. They had little success.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change."I consider the bicycle to be the most dangerous thing to life and property ever invented," exclaimed Hough, who suffered a broken arm and finger in the accident. "The gentlest of horses are afraid of it."
Read the excerpt from “Mrs. Burrows and Her Bicycle,” an article referenced in Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.Mrs. Burrow’s friends threaten to carry the question before the next conference. The Young Women’s Christian Association has established a wheel club in open defiance of those who disapprove of bicycles.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change."A bright, sunny morning, fresh and cool; good roads and a dry atmosphere; a beautiful country before you, all your own to see and enjoy; a properly adjusted wheel awaiting you, what more delightful than to mount and speed away."
Read the excerpt from the foreword to Wheels of Change.Mary Lewanika, a student living in rural Zambia, is having a profound experience in being empowered to steer her own course. At 17, in 2009, Lewanika was the very first student to receive a World Bicycle Relief bike. That day she said she felt safer already on the long, sometimes dangerous path to and from school. This is particularly important for Lewanika, as she wants to stay in school and graduate from college to become a doctor.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.Ellen B. Parkhurst, wife of another New York minister, celebrated the advantages of bicycle riding in Washington's Evening Times. "Of course I do not believe that bicycling is immoral," she said. "A girl who rides a wheel is lifted out of herself and her surroundings. She is made to breathe purer air, see fresher and more beautiful scenes, and get an amount of exercise she would not otherwise get. All this is highly beneficial."
Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.Regarding women, Turner declared, "With hardly any exception there is a consensus of opinion that the exercise of wheeling, properly regulated and indulged in at proper times and seasons, is of great benefit to all sound women and girls." However, Turner warned that women should not indulge in racing. "It must be distinctly understood that anything in the way of racing or speed competition on cycles must be injurious to any woman," he wrote, "and should never be allowed.”
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