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Advances in biking gear had an impact on advances in gender equality.
When women first started riding bikes, many did so in dresses — and a handful died from clothing getting caught in the pedals. The news of the day usually took from this that women shouldn’t ride bikes.
This seems like a good place to reshare the images from this lovely post.
These come courtesy of the Illustrated Police News, July 1 1899.
