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67084 author: ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 30 Sep 2024 04:54
tags: #BikeTooter #bicyclingforsatan

September 23, 1896

"Whereas "Bicycle runs for Christ" by the so-called Christians should be properly termed "bicycle runs for Satan," for the bicycle is the devil’s advance agent, morally and physically, in thousands of instances... the Women's Rescue League denounce bicycle-riding by young women because of producing immoral associations, both in language and dress.."

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But as to bieycling : it is my belief that it §s the worst evil that has ever belullen any country, It hns taken possession of hundreds of thousands of men wnd women, whose mindsare runniog riot. It is not only injuring our wonen, it is not only injuring our wen, but it is menacing the future of our race, If the craze continues, the future generation will be composed of fully fifty percent. of idiots. My crusade is not only moral, but a physical one, | don't want to see the strength and virility of our men destroyed. ...

Then she has * issued an attack ™ in the form of a cireular and in the name of the Woman's Rescue League, The following is the substance of the eireular—

Whereas, Bicycling by young women has helped to swill the ranks of reckless girls, who finally drift info the standing army of outcast women of the United States, more than any other medium ; and

Wheres, "Bicycle runs for Christ™ by the so-called Christians should be properly termed * bicycle runs for Satan,' for the bicycle is the devil’s advance agent, morally and physicall, in thousands of instances, therefore be it

Resolved, “That the Woman's Rescue League denounce bicycle-riding by young women because of producing associations, both in language and dress, which have a tendency to women not only unwomanly, but immodest..