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Read the excerpt from Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change.
Smith blamed the bicycle for the downfall of women's
health, morals, and religious devotion. Her accusations
brought a swift and impassioned response. The
Reverend Dr. A. Stewart Walsh, a respected clergyman
in New York City and a cyclist himself, wrote a letter to
the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle declaring, "I have
associated with thousands of riders ... and I have not
seen among them ... anything that could begin to
approach the outrageous and scandalous indecency of
the resolutions of the alleged rescue league."
short-term effect of Smith's activism to promote
regulations on women riding bicycles.
O short-term effect of Smith's attempts to limit women's
use of the bicycle.
O long-term effect of Smith's advocacy for more
conservative cycling clothes for women.
O long-term effect of Smith's anti-bicycle activism
aimed at women.