Victorians, their Bicycles and their Pets – a Photographic Survey.

This link will take you to the introduction of this blog and to Conn Baker, AKA Diavolo The invention of the bicycle literally started a revolution in the 19th century that changed many aspects of society. It raised a person’s quality of life, especially women who now had a new source of freedom that liberated them from the confines of the home. Susan B. Anthony, the American social reformer and women’s rights activist, wrote that the bicycle had done more to emancipate women than any other thing in the world. Cyclists also became a political force that lobbied for the improvement of the roads, and the factories that built bicycles paved the way for the development of the automobile. The bicycle became a form of personal transportation that made getting around practical for the general population. It was now easier for people to come and go as they pleased. Bicycles also revolutionized women’s fashion. Victorian dress codes made it near impossible for all but the most daring women t