This was one of the matters that motivated Charlotte Smith to declare that the bicycle had brought about "the alarming increase of immorality among young women in the United States" because of the "evil associations and opportunities" it made possible.
—Wheels of Change,
Sue Macy
Smith chose the underlined words for a reason. What effect did she hope to have on the audience by using words with strong negative connotations?
A. She wanted to encourage cycling for women’s health.
B. She wanted to persuade others that women should not ride bicycles.
C. She wanted to evoke patriotic feelings in citizens.
D. She wanted to convince men to ride bicycles.

B. She wanted to persuade others than women should not ride bicycles

Explanation:

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

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