Up until the invention of the modern “safety” bicycle in 1887, few women rode the high wheel bicycles of the previous generation. But in the 1890s, a “cycling craze” offered a new kind of mobility to many young women.

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Women Posing With Bicycles From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
