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World Service,1 min

The Bicycle and Women's Liberation

The Forum

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Dr Sheila Hanlon tells Bridget Kendall how the radical changes that late 19th and early 20th century female cyclists set in motion caused some irrational disapproval . Photo: NUWSS Pilgrims Lands End To London, TWL Postcard 1913 (detail) (Credit: The Women's Library at LSE)

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