Bikes and bloomers: Victorian women investors and their extraordinary cycle wear

338 Pages·2018·31.599 MB·English

by  Jungnickel, Katrina

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Bikes and Bloomers
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Bikes and Bloomers

Victorian Women Inventors and
Their Extraordinary Cycle Wear
Kat Jungnickel
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© 2018 Goldsmiths Press
Published in 2018 by Goldsmiths Press
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross
London SE14 6NW
Printed and bound by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
Distribution by The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England
Copyright © 2018 Kat Jungnickel
The right of Kat Jungnickel to be identified as the author of this work has been
asserted by her in accordance with section 77 and 78 in the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever without
prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations
in critical articles and review and certain non- commercial uses permitted by
copyright law.
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jungnickel, Katrina, author.
Title: Bikes and bloomers : Victorian women inventors and their
extraordinary cycle wear / Kat Jungnickel.
Description: Cambridge, MA : Goldsmiths Press, [2018] |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017039950 | ISBN 9781906897758 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Women cyclists – Clothing – Great Britain – History – 19th century. |
Women’s clothing – Great Britain – History – 19th century. |
Cycling – Social aspects – Great Britain – History – 19th century.
Classification: LCC GV1054 .J86 2018 | DDC 646.4/04–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017039950
ISBN 978- 1- 906897- 75- 8 (hbk)
ISBN 978- 1- 906897- 78- 9 (ebk)
www.gold.ac.uk/ goldsmiths- press
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To Raylee, my mum, who taught me to sew,
tell stories and be brave in the world.
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Most people who have followed the recent discussion of the
dress question must have marveled at the rapid change in public
opinion. It is only within the last few weeks that we have begun to
realize that the time of our emancipation from a dangerous and
incongruous riding skirt is at hand.
Of course, there will be a terrible outcry against it, and an
attempt will be made to denounce it as immodest, but time will
work wonders. Perhaps in time, even it will be understood that
women should be judged by their lives and not by distinct dress.
All we can do now is persevere.
Ada Earland
Dress Reform For Women
Bicycling News, 1893
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