Question

Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change .

In 1881, as women in the United States continued to struggle with hoops and corsets and other fashion architecture, their counterparts in England formed the Rational Dress Society. This society called for more reasonable clothing solutions, including limiting the weight of a woman's undergarments to seven pounds.

Why was the Rational Dress Society formed?

to advocate for more functional cycling and athletic gear for women
to push for more beautiful, intricate styles of clothing for women
to encourage English women to dress differently than American women
to promote safer, more comfortable styles of dress for women

Answer 1

to promote safer, more comfortable styles of dress for women

The text says the society called for "more reasonable clothing solutions" (e.g., limiting undergarment weight), which aims at comfort and safety rather than ornament or national difference.