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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
Author Archives: Sheila Hanlon
A Christmas Cycling Wish, c. 1898
Happy holidays to all of you out there on two wheels! A Christmas Wish May you steer a steady course and everything go well, No obstacles your pathway cross, when you ring the belle! Image source: Christmas Card, c. 1898 … Continue reading
Over the Alps on a Bicycle by Elizabeth Robins Pennell Available for Kindle
Elizabeth Robins Pennell’s 1898 book Over the Alps on a Bicycle, illustrated by her husband Joseph Pennell, is now available on Kindle. This edition was “re-mastered” so to speak as an e-book by Cathy Ryan for Eltanin Publishing from the original … Continue reading
Imperial Bicyclists: Women travel writers on wheels in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century world
Early one morning at the end of August 1884, Elizabeth Robins Pennell and her husband Joseph Pennell strapped their luggage to their tricycle and wheeled out of Russell Square before anyone else was stirring. They headed south toward London Bridge, … Continue reading
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Tagged alpine, canterbury, cycling, elizabeth robins pennell, fanny bullock workman, iberia, mountain climbing, victorian, women
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“Woman power” bicycle kanga from The British Museum
Powerful women on bicycles are everywhere these days–even in the stairwells of The British Museum! The “Woman power” bicycle kanga shown above hangs in The British Museum’s North Stairs near the Africa galleries. It was printed for the Kali Mata … Continue reading
Flora Drummond: The Suffragette General
There’s a new addition the Wheelwomen pages, Flora Drummond. Check out her entry by clicking thr link above to find out more about how, as a member of the WSPU organising body, Flora contributed to the WSPU cause in England and Scotland. … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cycling scouts, flora drummond, scotland, suffragette, WSPU
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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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Mrs Fawcett’s Bicycle License: Cycling stories from the archive
Cycling history turns up in the strangest places. Millicent Garrett Fawcett’s permit to drive a bicycle in turn of the century Johannesburg, shown above, is one such curiosity from the archives. This small paper license was one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, boer war, history, license, millicent fawcett, NUWSS, permit, south africa, women
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Wheelwomen
Announcing The New Wheelwomen Page Wheelwomen is a micro-project featuring short profiles of women who made cycling history. While many of these individuals appear in the broader body of cycling and women’s history, they deserve attention in their own right. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beryl Burton, bicycle, countess of warwick, Daisy, Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Frances Willard, history, pankhurst, sarah grand, tessie reynolds, women, women on wheels
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Cycling in Saudia Arabia: Wadjda and restrictions on women’s mobility
Haifaa al-Mansour’s new film Wadjda raises issues in gender parity that resonate across time and place as it traces one girl’s quest to learn to bicycle. I hopped on my trusty iron stead and sped down to the Renoir, … Continue reading
Suffragettes on Wheels: Emily Wilding Davison centennial bike ride and lecture
On June 15th, 100 women on bicycles decked out in suffragette swag will take to the curvy tree lined lanes between Longhorsley and Morpeth, Northumberland. Some will be in Edwardian garb, others in elegant hats, and many will be flying … Continue reading
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Tagged 1913, bicycle, bikes and bonnets, davison, emily, Emily Inspires, Emily Wilding Davison, kings derby, Morpeth, northumberland, suffragette, WSPU
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