Rosa May Billinghurst, sufragette, in her tricycle wheelchair, sometime around ~1910?

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FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 2y (12 replies)

I don't see what's so tri about that cycle tbh

PugJesus@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y (9 replies)

Third wheel is in the back.

FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

And two little ones in the front, pentacycle

pelletbucket@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

eh, training wheels.

Plum@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

WITCHCRAFT

CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y

Aren't we always

FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 2y

Would that not then be 5?

drzoidberg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

A tricycle only has 3 wheels. I'm seeing 2 in front, 2 in rear, and if there's a wheel in back, that makes 5. Your math ain't mathing.

PugJesus@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Every source I've seen refers to it as a tricycle. I don't know what the additional two wheels are for, but they aren't touching the ground in the pic, so I'm inclined to keep the original description.

CaptPretentious@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

So if it leans forward... Does it become a quadcycle?

Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Its for when she's in a hurry, she leans forward and really gets some elbow grease in there

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You can see the third wheel here

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(Disclaimer: This may literally be the same pic, it does not load for me)

FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y

Yeah. The Third. And the Fourth. And the Fifth.

livus@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Looks badass. I love how she seems to have decorated the wheel spokes with foliage.

OBXDadLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I saw the Broadway show called stuffs about a month ago. Supposedly, "suffragette" was a term used by the media to downplay the plight of women voters. The proper term is suffragist. #themoreyouknow