Question

Women's rights crusader Elizabeth Cady Stanton was in her eighties during the heyday of the bicycle, and no evidence exists to show that she actually ever rode one. But there was no better or more eloquent advocate for women and the wheel. In 1895, Stanton contributed an article to the American Wheelman celebrating this "wonderful new style of locomotion." In the article, titled "The Era of the Bicycle," she pointed out that cycling was increasing people's mobility, eliminating the cost of feeding and housing horses, and encouraging the building of good roads. However, she saved her greatest praise for the bicycle's effects on women.

—Wheels of Change,
Sue Macy

What is included in this synthesis? Check all that apply.

a promotion for the American Wheelman
a reference to earlier information about effects of the bicycle, such as improved roads
a suggestion that even women who were not using bicycles were considering their value
a new understanding that some considered the bicycle’s effect on women its greatest effect
a prediction of what was next for the bicycle

Answer 1

The synthesis includes the following:

- a reference to earlier information about effects of the bicycle, such as improved roads
- a new understanding that some considered the bicycle’s effect on women its greatest effect

The other options do not apply as the excerpt does not contain a promotion for the American Wheelman, a suggestion about women considering the value of bicycles, or a prediction about what was next for the bicycle.