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This page follows historian Dr. Sheila Hanlon's past and recent research projects. Her interests include Victorian and Edwardian cycling history and the WWI and WWII Women's Land Army, both in Canada and Britain.
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- Alice Hawkins: Leicester’s Working Class Suffragette Cyclist
- Flora Drummond: The Suffragette General
- Madame Sarah Grand: New Woman A-Wheel
- Millicent Garrett Fawcett: The Suffragist Cyclist
- Rosa May Billinghurst: Suffragette on Three Wheels
- The Countess of Warwick: A Society Cyclist
- The Pankhursts: Clarionettes and Suffragettes
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Cycling to Suffrage on BBC Two “Inside The Factory: Bicycles”
You may have seen me pedaling across your television screen this summer! As part of BBC Two’s “Inside the Factory: Bicycles,” Ruth Goodman and I explore the significance of cycling to women’s emancipation. Using archival materials from The Woman’s Library, … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, bicycles, brompton, inside the factory, sheila hanlon, suffragette
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Suffragettes on Wheels Talk at LBK, April 28th
Suffragettes on Wheels: The Bicycle and the Edwardian Votes for Women campaign, Talk at The London Bike Kitchen, April 28th I’ll be presenting an all cycling, all campaigning suffragettes on wheels bonanza Monday 28 April at the London Bike Kitchen. … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, lbk, lecture, london bike kitchen, sheila hanlon, suffrage
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Cycling…errr…Walking with Women, Cambridge
No history of Cambridge would be complete without a mention of cycling, and Shape East’s new Walking with Women is no exception. One stop on this self guided tour recalls a day in 1897 when the effigy of a lady cyclist … Continue reading
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Tagged 1897, cambridge, cyclist, effigy, lady cyclist, protest, Senate house, Shape east, sheila hanlon, walking with women
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Last Chance to See Cycling to Suffrage at The Women’s Library
Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women’s Rights, 1890-1914 Closes 8 Sept 2012–See the show while you still can! This special exhibit explores the history and politics of women’s bicycling In 1895, American activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton famously declared that … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cycling, cycling to suffrage, exhibit, history, sheila hanlon, the women's library, women
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Cycling to Suffrage
Project Overview, “Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women’s Rights, 1890-1914″ “Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women’s Rights 1890-1914,” began as a Vera Douie Fellow research project at The Women’s Library, London Metropolitan University now LSE. The project, spearheaded … Continue reading
Tagged cycling to suffrage, Reviews, sheila hanlon, Women's Library
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A Spanner of One’s Own: Liberation and Mechanics in Maria Ward’s “Bicycling for Ladies,” 1896
In 1896, Maria E Ward published a comprehensive instruction manual aimed at women interested in cycling. Her book, Bicycling for Ladies, shown above, was one of many similar titles published in the cycle craze era. Ward’s liberated approach, however, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1896, bicycling for ladies, cycling, daisy elliot, history, maria ward, sheila hanlon, victorian
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Talks & Publications
Media Appearances and Articles “Inside the Factory: Bicycles,” BBC Two, first broadcast 16 August 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pmyd6 “The Bicycle: Freedom Machine,” The Forum, BBC World Service, first broadcast 12 Oct 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034cf79 “Rosa May Billinghurst: Suffragette on Three Wheels,” DisibilityVisability, 22 Jan … Continue reading
Graduate Dissertations
PhD Dissertation, “The Lady Cyclist: A Gender Analysis of Women’s Cycling Culture in 1890s London,” York University, 2009 “The Lady Cyclist: A Gender Analysis of Women’s Cycling Culture in 1890s London” interrogates the practice and idea of women’s cycling in … Continue reading
Tagged Agriculture, cycling, farmerette, Guelph, history, Ontario Farm Service Force, sheila hanlon, The Lady Cyclist, women, WWII, york
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Current Research
Current Research: “Cycling to Suffrage: The Bicycle and Women’s Rights, 1890-today” Work in Progress: I am currently continuing my research on women’s cycling history, with the intention of producing a monograph on the subject. I give regular lectures on cycling … Continue reading
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