Answer:
Women encountered resistance to their efforts.
Explanation:
Sue Macy's article "Excerpt from Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)" presents how the invention of the bicycle provided a sense of independence on women or the feminine gender. The article also presents how this invention would become one representation of women's rights.
While talking about how the bicycle provided not only an easier means of movement, the author also included how it helped shape how women begin to find independence through it. Some feminists like Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton see the bicycle as a representation of women and their ability to be independent. The addition of "With a Few Flat Tires Along The Way" in the title suggests the numerous obstacles, resistance that the women as a whole had to encounter while trying to gain success in their efforts to work for women's rights.
Thus, the correct answer is the fourth/last option.
