The "new woman" and her bicycle- there will be several varieties of her is my topic of my essay. This image contains a lot of information, we can see many different figures of women from this image. This image has a woman standing in the middle and six other ladies' images on the sides, they are all doing different works. Some of them are working, some of them are relaxing, and others are taking care of their kids, but they all have something in common, they all have something to do with their bicycles. These pictures indicate that women's right was getting stronger in 1890s.

The first image we see in the picture is the center woman, she is wearing a big cloth, working shorts and a pair of long boot. She looks so serious and determined to do her job, and the glasses make her look even tougher. All she is doing is standing there and looking far. She puts both her hands in her pocket, and that makes her more inapproachable and cool, we might think the women are like this are not easy to get along with. This posture expresses some of her confidence, but it also shows some of her pride and haughty. We can see there are three mice on her foot looking up to her, it's like she is the honor and majesty, people are like these mice and should always look up to her and respect her. These three mice are begging her for something, and this lady has the power to determine their lives. She is like the queen that who has the authority of people's life and her authority makes she inapproachable from people and cold. The picture which she is standing front of is a woman feeding a mouse. This picture has the strongest contrast to the lady standing front of her, the one in the picture looks so nice and peaceful, but the one who is standing front looks so strong and tough. The lady in the picture is feeding that mouse, but the front on is getting begged from three little mice. This contrast makes the front lady stronger and more authorized.

The up-left picture shows three ladies are riding bikes, but there is a lady who is riding to a different direction than other ladies. We can see that lady has her own opinion, so that she is not following the other two ladies. This picture tells us that the ladies in that era are not following the most populated things, they all have their own ideas and they can do what is the best to themselves. The picture below that one is a lady who is riding a bicycle with a cradle in her arm, and there are two guys who hold brooms are talking about that lady. The lady who is riding the bicycle is confident and happy, we can see this from her smiling face and her head-up riding posture. Even though she is riding with a cradle in her arm, she is still riding smoothly and stably. However, the two gentlemen behind her are just standing there judging her, they just leave their job aside and talking about that lady, which is so rude and impolite. The contrast between the lady and two guys shows the lame of these two guys and the confidence of that lady. The picture in the bottom-left corner shows a mother riding a bicycle which connected with a cradle, there is a baby playing in the cradle. The mother is riding so fast so that her hair is flying on the air, but that didn't change the baby's happiness in the cradle, therefore, we can tell how good the skill of the mother's riding. 

The picture in the up-right corner shows a lady who is playing a role like a post officer, she is just riding through a corner. There is a man who is riding a bike with a big package on his shoulder, and the lady is riding free. It's like the lady is the commander and the guy is working for that lady, so that lady looks comfortable. The picture below this one is two ladies are riding bicycles, one of them is handing a stuff to the other one, the other one is reading a book while she is riding a bicycle. Both of these two ladies look so confident on their riding skill, both of them can do another thing when they are riding bicycles. And also the picture tells us that ladies are more open in the public, they can talk to each other, handing stuff to others while they are riding bikes, and they don't care about the people who behind them is playing a big drum. The picture in the right-down corner shows a lady is checking a tomb and she is trying to put something on the tomb. She left her bicycle on the side, and checking the tomb by herself, it's so brave for a lady coming to a cemetery alone. The lady in the picture is wearing all black suit, which makes it creepier. 

These ladies are doing their jobs which they were not supposed to do before, and they can handle these jobs easily and confidently. These ladies have the stronger power and confidence than they ever had before. Ladies are always trying to have their rights equalized to men's, in these pictures, ladies have already got these, even better than men's. Thinking of women's rights and feminist movements in the present, the ladies in the picture should inspire more women to pursue their rights.
