Question

munsey’s magazine announced the impact of the wheel on woman in a special bicycle - themed issue. “if she has ridden her bicycle into new fields, becoming in the process a new creature, it has been gradually and unconsciously,” the editors wrote. “she did not have to be born again in some mysterious fashion, becoming a strange creature, a ‘new woman.’ she is more like the ‘eternal feminine,’ who has taken on wings, and who is using them with an ever - increasing delight in her power.” indeed, many bicycle companies at home and abroad did put wings on the women in their advertisements, emphasizing that they had taken flight.
—wheels of change, sue macy
what conclusion can be drawn about the way people viewed the “new woman,” based on the details about advertising?
○ many believed that women intentionally tried to take on new personalities and traits.
○ many believed the only way to make women cyclists feminine was to show them with wings.
○ many believed that the bicycle made the new woman both feminine and more free.
○ many believed that advertising to women was the only way to grow the economy.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the text and options:

• The text says the bicycle made women a "new woman" with "increasing delight in her power" and companies put wings on women in ads to show they "had taken flight".
• Option 1: The text doesn't say women "intentionally tried" new traits. Eliminate.
• Option 2: The text is about ads using wings, not that wings were the "only way" to make women cyclists feminine. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The text's description of the "new woman" as having power and the ad imagery of wings (freedom) aligns with the bicycle making women "feminine and more free". This matches.
• Option 4: The text doesn't say advertising was the "only way" to grow the economy. Eliminate.

Answer:

Many believed that the bicycle made the new woman both feminine and more free.