Bicycle

bi·cy·cle (bī’sĭk’əl, -sĭ-kəl, -sī’kəl) n.
An instrument of emancipation. At a time when automobiles were owned primarily by men (late 19th, early 20th centuries) the bicycle offered for women liberation and freedom of movement. A woman transporting herself reduced her dependence—and, thus, subservience—to the male head of house.
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”
-Susan B. Anthony (February 2nd, 1896)