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Saturday, October 05, 2024

I shall skip over this chapter in history class, which you were so looking forward to us going over.

One lousy hour on the history of women's rights was still too much for him to manage! Lol. Maybe he's in a better place now?

"The women who did ride faced a huge list of rules. Among the New York World’s 41 rules for female cyclists printed in 1895 were 'Don’t refuse assistance up a hill' and 'Don’t emulate your brother’s attitude if he rides parallel toward the ground.'"

~ Joseph Stromberg

"'Bicycle face': a 19th-century health problem..."

https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5880931/the-19th-century-health-scare-that-told-women-to-worry-about-bicycle

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