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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Kittie Knox and the Bike Boom

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Kittie Knox was a cyclist during the bicycle boom of the late 19th century. She was biracial and became known not just for participating in a predominantly white sport, but also for the clothes she wore to do it.

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Head to iHeartRadio.com slash I Heartland today.

0:32.1

Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History class,

0:34.5

a production of I Heart Radio.

0:42.7

Hello and welcome to the podcast.

0:44.8

I'm Tracy V. Wilson, and I'm Holly Fry.

0:48.2

Today we are going to talk about Kitty Knox,

0:50.8

who was a cyclist during the bicycle boom of the late 19th century.

0:55.8

And her story is tied to so much, just really so much.

1:00.1

This bicycle boom had connections to the Good Roads movement

1:04.3

and the suffrage movement and dress reform.

1:08.0

And then Kitty Knox's story in particular also connects to civil rights,

1:12.2

because Knox was biracial and became known not just for participating

1:17.6

in what was a predominantly white sport,

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