Read the poem entitled “Wheels and Wheels” as it appears in Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change. “Wheels and Wheels”The maiden with her wheel of oldSat by the fire to spin,While lightly through her careful holdThe flax slid out and in.Today, her distaff, rock and reelFar out of sight are hurled,For now the maiden with her wheelGoes spinning round the world.
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to compare the newfound freedom of women cyclists with the lack of freedom experienced by women in the pastB
to persuade readers that bicycles were responsible for the many changes taking place for women at the timeC
to inform readers that the bicycle was a direct result of the spinning wheel used to spin thread in the pastD
to show readers that the invention of the spinning wheel occurred long before the invention of the bicycle wheel