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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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The Battersea Park Cyclists’ Row
The bicycle literally and figuratively transported women beyond the bounds of the home and into public space in late-Victorian London. Not surprisingly, this incursion into open areas, such as city streets and country lanes, caused mild moral panic among a … Continue reading
Ladies’ Cycle Races at The Royal Aquarium: A Late Victorian Sporting Spectacle
S.Begg, Lisette takes the lead at The Royal Aquarium, 1896 On November 18th, 1895 novice racer Monica Harwood, a young woman from Buckinghamshire who had only learned to bicycle six months earlier, took her place on the track at The … 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
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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Millicent Garrett Fawcett: The Suffragist Cyclist
The accomplishments of peaceful suffragists are often overshadowed by the legacy of the militant suffragettes, but those in Mrs Fawcett’s law abiding camp played an equally important role in the struggle for the vote. Details of suffragist’s personal lives and … Continue reading
Tagged bicycle, history, millicent fawcett, mrs fawcett, NUWSS, 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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Wheelwomen
An Index of Inspiring Lady Cyclists Wheelwomen features short profiles of the women who made cycling history. Many of these individuals appear on the margins of cycling history, but they deserve attention in their own right. The women profiled here were … Continue reading
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
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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