Question

Look at the image from the Boston Sunday Journal, published in 1896.

The cover of the Boston Sunday Journal showing a woman riding a bicycle.

Which details from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change does the image help the reader better understand? Check all that apply.

In the 1890s, riding a bicycle in traditional clothing could be hazardous to a woman's health.
This combination of a shortened dress and flowing trousers became known as the Bloomer costume.
As female cyclists continued to choose from a variety of styles for their wheeling outfits, images of women in bloomers entered popular culture in some surprising ways.
By the 1840s, dresses had become longer and fuller, with women wearing several layers of petticoats to create a teepee-like effect from the waist down.
One undergarment in particular, the corset, made the very act of getting dressed a challenge.

Answer 1

Selections:
- In the 1890s, riding a bicycle in traditional clothing could be hazardous to a woman's health.
- This combination of a shortened dress and flowing trousers became known as the Bloomer costume.
- As female cyclists continued to choose from a variety of styles for their wheeling outfits, images of women in bloomers entered popular culture in some surprising ways.

Why: the 1896 newspaper cover shows a woman cycling in shortened skirt/leg coverings (the bloomer look), which both illustrates the new safety/practical clothing women adopted for wheeling and shows how those images appeared in popular print media. The statements about 1840s dress and corsets are not directly illustrated by this image.