Question

Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . In 1881, as women in the United States continued to struggle with hoops and corsets and other fashion architecture, their counterparts in England formed the Rational Dress Society. This society called for more reasonable clothing solutions, including limiting the weight of a woman's undergarments to seven pounds. Why was the Rational Dress Society formed? to advocate for more functional cycling and athletic gear for women to push for more beautiful, intricate styles of clothing for women to encourage English women to dress differently than American women to promote safer, more comfortable styles of dress for women

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change .

But the bicycle craze had a more lasting impact on women’s clothing than just the use of bloomers. Thanks in large part to cycling, the innovation of rational dress reformers were starting to take effect by the end of the 1890s. Corsets were on their way out, dresses were getting shorter, and women no longer wore the heavy, bulky undergarments that gave them round, unnatural shapes. These changes went a long way toward unburdening women and setting the stage for them to be healthier and more active in the coming century.

Based on the excerpt, women in the 1890s became more independent and their lives improved as a result of

a rise in the popularity of bicycles.

a rise in the popularity of corsets.

cycling becoming less socially acceptable.

clothing becoming more restrictive.