Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.When Americans took to the wheel in the late 1800s, they also took to the newsstand. The first U.S. cycling periodical, Bicycling World, rolled off the presses in 1877, a year before Colonel Albert Pope introduced his Columbia high wheeler. By 1894, there were more than 50 cycling publications to choose from stateside and many more around the world.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.Yatman had little time to savor her ownership of the Long Island women's century record, as Jane Lindsay responded with an even longer ride. On October 18, Lindsay completed an 800-mile marathon in 91 hours, 48 minutes. Upon reporting Lindsay's newest feat, the New York Times pointed out that there was no monetary reward for such "useless and necessarily injurious trials of strength" and suggested what the women's motivation might be. "Bitter rivalry, that characteristic feminine trait, and the determination to 'get even' are seemingly the actuating motives," wrote the Times.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.Von Blumen, for one, saw herself as a role model, especially for other females. "In presenting myself to the public in my bicycle exercises," she told The Bicycling World magazine in 1881, "I feel I am not only offering the most novel and fascinating entertainment now before the people, but am demonstrating the great need of American young ladies, especially, of physical culture and bodily exercise. Success in life depends upon vigorous and healthy body as upon clear and active mind.”
Which details from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change are important to include in a summary about the competition that often existed among women bicycle racers? Check all that apply.The St. Paul Daily Globe declared that Louise Armaindo had "the best record in the world among women as an all-round athlete." Women cyclists would often return to racing even after being physically injured in a previous race.Rivalries developed as women worked to break each other’s records, and some began to battle back and forth.Jane Yatman and Jane Lindsay dueled back and forth in an effort to break each other’s records.On May 7 and 8, 1899, Irene Brush started by pedaling 200 miles in 22 hours before going on to pedal 400 miles in 48 hours.
Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.In 1896, a 308-page edition of The American Wheelman earned the distinction of being "the largest magazine ever issued from a printing press,” according to the advertising journal Printers’ Ink.
Based on Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change, which quotation helps develop the central idea that some people did not support the idea of women participating in cycling races?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.Bicycle racing on an indoor track could be a thrilling sport for spectators, who sat outside the oval, so close to the cyclists that they could see their sweat. More than 7,000 people watched the night Frankie Nelson set her 18-hour record in Minneapolis, and a good number of those in the stands were female.
Which quotes and statistics from chapter 4 of Wheels of Change most develop the central idea that women bicycle racers were very competitive with each other? Check all that apply."When an assistant arrived she was wide awake, and laughing to herself to think what a figure she must have cut as over the fence she flew,” reported the St. Paul Daily Globe.Many sustained injuries—at a race in 1881, five of the six female competitors had previously suffered at least one broken arm—but they kept coming back.Even so, she "rode like a wild woman for at least an hour and a half" on night five, finally tiring and falling to fourth place.More than 7,000 people watched the night Frankie Nelson set her 18-hour record in Minneapolis, and a good number of those in the stands were female."Bitter rivalry, that characteristic feminine trait, and the determination to 'get even' are seemingly the actuating motives," wrote the Times.
Which sentence could effectively be placed in a summary of Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change because it expresses a key idea objectively?
Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change.Bicycle racing on an indoor track could be a thrilling sport for spectators, who sat outside the oval, so close to the cyclists that they could see their sweat. More than 7,000 people watched the night Frankie Nelson set her 18-hour record in Minneapolis, and a good number of those in the stands were female. "Men go to see what their brothers can do in the way of athletics," the St. Paul Daily Globe pointed out during that race. "Why shouldn't women be interested in their sisters?"
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