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Answer: significant world event
Explanation:
The question refers to an excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change that describes the reaction of male students against the decision of Cambridge University in England to offer female students full admission in 1897. They protested by hanging a figure of a woman on a bicycle in effigy.
This information provides historical context by showing a significant world event. It´s not a development in technology or politics, nor a significant viewpoint, but a significant world event.
It could be to explain something, or maybe to express something, or just to get their story out into the open.
No sorry but try reading it thoroughly that helps a lot :)
