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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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- The Countess of Warwick: A Society Cyclist
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Tag Archives: women
Discover Victorian Cyclist Tessie Reynolds on the Brighton Museums Blog
Tessie Reynolds, a long-forgotten cycling athlete from the late Victorian era, has returned to the spotlight through Brighton Museums. Brighton Museums “100 First Women Portraits” celebrates women’s accomplishments through the photography of Anita Corbin. Portraits range from Lady Hale … Continue reading
Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling 2018
Cycling UK has announced its “100 Women in Cycling” for 2018. I’m honoured to be included along with 99 other inspirational women from the cycling world! A flurry of nominees came in from across the country. The final list includes well … Continue reading
Tessie Reynolds: The Stormy Petrel in the Struggle for Women’s Equality in Cycle Racing and Dress
**Updated: Originally posted 12 May 2015. In 1893, a remarkable sixteen year old girl rode from Brighton to London and back in record time, covering the full distance in just over 8.5 hours. Her name was Tessie Reynolds, and though … Continue reading
1918 Representation of the People Act Centennial
Image: Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/PU/1/1918/7&8G5c64 The 1918 Representation of the People Act granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met property requirements. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, centennial, cycling, representation of the people act, suffrage, women
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Bicycle Fashion Files Part Three: The 1890s Craze
Innovation and experimentation in Late Victorian women’s cycling costumes An explosion of women’s cycling fashion accompanied the cycling craze on the 1890s. The third and final blog in the Bicycle Fashion Files series looks at practical, popular and inventive approaches to late … Continue reading
Bicycle Fashion Files Part Two: Tricycles and Highwheelers, 1870-1880s
The Question of Women’s Dress During the Heyday of Tricycles and Highwheelers, 1870-1880s The second instalment of the Bicycle Fashion Files examines cycling dress in the age of the tricycle and highwheeler, 1870s-80s. While only a few women took to … Continue reading
Bicycle Fashion Files Part One: Early Inventions 1790-1860s
Adapting Women’s Dress to Early Cycling Technology, 1790-1860s Fashion is one of the most popular topics in women’s cycling history. The Bicycle Fashion Files look at women’s cycling fashion across three eras, Early Inventions 1790-1860s, Highwheeling and Tricycling 1870-1880s, and The Cycling Craze … Continue reading
Bicycle Face: A guide to Victorian cycling diseases
“Don’t cultivate a bicycle face.” — Don’ts for women on bicycles, New York World, 1895 Medical professionals kept a watchful eye on cycling when it rose in prominence as a fashionable form of leisure for men and women in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle face, body, cycling, cyclomania, disease, victorian, women
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Ladies Cycling Clubs: The Politics of Victorian Women’s Bicycling Associations
The wheelmen’s club, outfitted in dapper uniforms and racing en masse down a country road, is one of the enduring images of late Victorian masculine associational culture. Cycling clubs may have started out as male reserves, especially during the highwheeler … Continue reading
The Lady Ariel Side-Saddle Ordinary, 1874
The Lady Ariel Side-Saddle Ordinary of 1874, shown above, is one of the most eccentric and innovative designs in the history of the bicycle as a gendered object. The Ordinary, commonly known as the highwheeler or penny farthing, was … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, highwheeler, history, lady ariel, ordinary, penny farthing, starley, tricycle, women
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