Consider this text feature from Wheels of Change by Sue Macy. "To men, the bicycle in the beginning was merely a new toy, another machine added to the long list of devices they knew in their work and play. To women, it was a steed upon which they rode into a new world." - "Woman and the Wheel," Munsey's Magazine, May 1896 How does this text feature enhance the information provided in the book? It connects the book's central ideas about the design of the bicycle. It offers examples of improvements that were made to the bicycle. It provides insight about the significance of the bicycle to women. It emphasizes the widespread popularity of bicycles across all age groups.

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26 January, 10:14

Consider this text feature from Wheels of Change by Sue Macy. "To men, the bicycle in the beginning was merely a new toy, another machine added to the long list of devices they knew in their work and play. To women, it was a steed upon which they rode into a new world." - "Woman and the Wheel," Munsey's Magazine, May 1896 How does this text feature enhance the information provided in the book? It connects the book's central ideas about the design of the bicycle. It offers examples of improvements that were made to the bicycle. It provides insight about the significance of the bicycle to women. It emphasizes the widespread popularity of bicycles across all age groups.

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Wheels of Change notes how the bicycle contributed to the empowerment and liberation of women, with a small reference regarding the history of the bicycle. Before the bicycle, women were restricted and restrained in almost every way. The text feature alone enforces this as it contrasts the reception of men to bicycles as 'another object in their list of many', while for women it was pegged as a new experience - "a new world".