-When Combined Together, What Message Do the 1886 Photograph of the Husband

question 48

Multiple Choice

-When combined together, what message do the 1886 photograph of the husband and wife cycling and the 1896 Stearns Bicycle Company advertisement poster imply about the status of middle-class American women during this ten-year period?

• A) Even in leisure activities, American women still played subservient roles to their husbands.
• B) Leisure activities like bicycling still required women to dress conservatively.
• C) The bicycling enthusiasm of the 1890s led to growing independence for young women.
• D) Bicycling was considered to be an unladylike activity.

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