The second picture is of a similar race in France, 1925 - in France races like these for women were very common. Interestingly, both Dutch and French women wear berets.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Women's Cycling in 1926
One Sunday in May, 1926, at the beach boulevard in Scheveningen (the Netherlands), a small group of women participated in the first bicycle race for women in the country.
No small feat, in this conservative and religious country at the time; women were meant to be sitting in church on Sunday morning and definitely not participate in such a male activity as cycling!
So, ahead of the Second Large Field Course (men only, of course) there was the ladies match; ladies in long black skirts, cycling on standard heavy duty road bikes.
The second picture is of a similar race in France, 1925 - in France races like these for women were very common. Interestingly, both Dutch and French women wear berets.
The second picture is of a similar race in France, 1925 - in France races like these for women were very common. Interestingly, both Dutch and French women wear berets.
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