For women, however, cycling became seen as a form of freedom. For men, cycling connected to themes of rational recreation through its focus on physical exercise and improvement. During the end of the nineteenth century, cycling emerged as a new leisure pursuit for both men and women in the United States. Gilles’s work is a welcome contribution to the scholarship on Progressive Era women’s sport and physical culture. With an emphasis on relatively unknown competitive female cyclists, Gilles provides readers with a clear and accessible history of “forgotten” athletes. In Women on the Move: The Forgotten Era of Women’s Bicycle Racing, Roger Gilles traces the era of women’s competitive racing during the years 1895 to 1902. Participants cycled at dazzling speeds while sometimes sustaining injuries in the process from crashes and falls. Cossen (The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology)ĭuring the latter part of the nineteenth century, spectators in the United States gathered to watch female competitors race around tracks across the country.
Reviewed by Samantha White (Rutgers University-Camden)Ĭommissioned by William S. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Women on the Move: The Forgotten Era of Women's Bicycle Racing.
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