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i Bikes and Bloomers ii iii Bikes and Bloomers Victorian Women Inventors and Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear Kat Jungnickel l iv © 2018 Goldsmiths Press Published in 2018 by Goldsmiths Press Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross London SE14 6NW Printed and bound by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc Distribution by The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England Copyright © 2018 Kat Jungnickel The right of Kat Jungnickel to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with section 77 and 78 in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and review and certain non- commercial uses permitted by copyright law. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Jungnickel, Katrina, author. Title: Bikes and bloomers : Victorian women inventors and their extraordinary cycle wear / Kat Jungnickel. Description: Cambridge, MA : Goldsmiths Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017039950 | ISBN 9781906897758 (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Women cyclists – Clothing – Great Britain – History – 19th century. | Women’s clothing – Great Britain – History – 19th century. | Cycling – Social aspects – Great Britain – History – 19th century. Classification: LCC GV1054 .J86 2018 | DDC 646.4/04–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017039950 ISBN 978- 1- 906897- 75- 8 (hbk) ISBN 978- 1- 906897- 78- 9 (ebk) www.gold.ac.uk/ goldsmiths- press v To Raylee, my mum, who taught me to sew, tell stories and be brave in the world. vi vii Most people who have followed the recent discussion of the dress question must have marveled at the rapid change in public opinion. It is only within the last few weeks that we have begun to realize that the time of our emancipation from a dangerous and incongruous riding skirt is at hand. Of course, there will be a terrible outcry against it, and an attempt will be made to denounce it as immodest, but time will work wonders. Perhaps in time, even it will be understood that women should be judged by their lives and not by distinct dress. All we can do now is persevere. Ada Earland Dress Reform For Women Bicycling News, 1893 viii
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