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Free-wheeling feminism
L. Mesnil, ‘Women with Bicycles’, c. 1893. Source: New York Public Library https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1e82-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
'The Latest Craze in Paris: Lady Cyclists as seen at Longchamps', in The Graphic, April 14th 1894, p. 413. Source: Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.
'Fashions for November', in The Graphic, October 27th 1894, p. 495. Source: Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.
'The National Cycle Show', in The Graphic, December 15th 1894, p. 682. Source: Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University
Bernard Partridge, 'Untitled', in Punch, January 12th 1895, p. 23. Source: Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.
Samuel D. Ehrhart, 'The bicycle - the great dress reformer of the nineteenth century!', in Puck, 37.961, August 7th 1895. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C. Image used for non-commercial purposes. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648650/
Frederick Burr Opper, 'The "New Woman" and her bicycle - there will be several varieties of her', 1895. Souce: Library of Congress. Image used for non-commercial purposes. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648801/
Scribners for June, 1895. Source: Library of Congress, Washington D.C. https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.34349/
Phil May, 'Untitled', in Punch, February 1st 1896, p. 59. Source: Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.
George Yost Coffin, ‘Democracy's Leap-Year Party’, Washington Post, July 5th 1896. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C. Image used for non-commercial purposes. https://www.loc.gov/item/acd1996001832/PP/
H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Change. A holiday adventure, etc. (London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1896), p. 104. Source: The Illustration Archive. http://illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk/image/11238813814
H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Change. A holiday adventure, etc. (London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1896), p. 162. Source: The Illustration Archive. http://illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk/image/11301958876
H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Change. A holiday adventure, etc. (London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1896), p. 182. Source: The Illustration Archive. http://illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk/image/11239099283
H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Change. A holiday adventure, etc. (London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1896), p. 247. Source: The Illustration Archive. http://illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk/image/11234939056
H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Change. A holiday adventure, etc. (London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1896), p. 324. Source: The Illustration Archive. http://www.illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk//image/11235450865
‘The Clothes We Wear’, in Edward B. Foote, Plain home talk about the human system--the habits of men and women--the cause and prevention of disease--our sexual relations and social natures (New York: Murray Hill, 1896), p. 117. Source: http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL25336764M
M. E. Ward, Bicycling for ladies: with hints as to the art of wheeling, advice to beginners, dress, care of the bicycle, mechanics, training, exercise, etc., etc. (New York: Brentano’s 1896). Source: www.hathitrust.org. Public domain. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc2.ark:/13960/t02z39v42
M. E. Ward, Bicycling for ladies: with hints as to the art of wheeling, advice to beginners, dress, care of the bicycle, mechanics, training, exercise, etc., etc. (New York: Brentano’s 1896). Source: www.hathitrust.org. Public domain. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc2.ark:/13960/t02z39v42
M. E. Ward, Bicycling for ladies: with hints as to the art of wheeling, advice to beginners, dress, care of the bicycle, mechanics, training, exercise, etc., etc. (New York: Brentano’s 1896). Source: www.hathitrust.org. Public domain. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc2.ark:/13960/t02z39v42
M. E. Ward, Bicycling for ladies: with hints as to the art of wheeling, advice to beginners, dress, care of the bicycle, mechanics, training, exercise, etc., etc. (New York: Brentano’s 1896). Source: www.hathitrust.org. Public domain. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc2.ark:/13960/t02z39v42
M. E. Ward, Bicycling for ladies: with hints as to the art of wheeling, advice to beginners, dress, care of the bicycle, mechanics, training, exercise, etc., etc. (New York: Brentano’s 1896). Source: www.hathitrust.org. Public domain. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc2.ark:/13960/t02z39v42
M. E. Ward, Bicycling for ladies: with hints as to the art of wheeling, advice to beginners, dress, care of the bicycle, mechanics, training, exercise, etc., etc. (New York: Brentano’s 1896). Source: www.hathitrust.org. Public domain. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc2.ark:/13960/t02z39v42
Paul Seippel, Terres lointaines. Voyage autour du monde. Ouvrage illustré de 17 planches, etc (Paris: n.pub, 1897), p. 54. Source: The Illustration Archive. http://illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk/image/11145596964
Advertisement in The Graphic for Elliman's Universal Embrocation (1897).
Georges Montorgueil, ‘La Bicycliste et caricature’, in La Parisienne peinte par elle-même (Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1897). Source: John Hay Library, Brown University. http://library.brown.edu/cds/catalog/catalog.php?verb=render&colid=6&id=1123259547400435
Bernard Partridge, 'In Dorsetshire', in Punch, September 6th 1899, p. 114. Source: Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.