Question

Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.

Smith blamed the bicycle for the downfall of women's health, morals, and religious devotion. Her accusations brought a swift and impassioned response. The Reverend Dr. A. Stewart Walsh, a respected clergyman in New York City and a cyclist himself, wrote a letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle declaring, "I have associated with thousands of riders . . . and I have not seen among them . . . anything that could begin to approach the outrageous and scandalous indecency of the resolutions of the alleged rescue league."

Based on this excerpt, Charlotte Smith and Reverend Walsh

agreed that women should avoid riding bicycles.
disagreed about whether women should ride bicycles.
disagreed about whether it was safe for women to ride bicycles.
agreed that women should ride bicycles only as a hobby.

Answer 1

disagreed about whether women should ride bicycles.

Smith blamed bicycles for harming women's health, morals, and religion (opposed), while Walsh defended cyclists and disputed those accusations (supportive).