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Marguerite Aimee Rosine Coppin (2 February 1867 – 1931) was born in Brussels and became woman Poet Laureate of Belgium and a noted feminist and pioneer in female emancipation and equal rights for women.〔Éliane Gubin, Marie-Sylvie Dupont-Bouchat, ''Dictionnaire des femmes belges Bruges'', Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2006 ISBN 2-87386-434-6, ISBN 978-2-87386-434-7 (Preview available )〕 She was compared with women's rights activists Amelia Bloomer and Emmeline Pankhurst. The city of Bruges was scandalised when Coppin rode a bicycle down the streets of the city with her skirts clipped up to each ankle to function like trousers. The bicycle was recognized by 19th-century feminists and suffragists as a "freedom machine" for women contributing to Female emancipation. "A woman on a bicycle? Brazen!" said the shocked people of Bruges according to a 1937 news article. Like Amelia Bloomer, Coppin devised a convenient and comfortable trouser like garment for women to use for bicycle riding.〔 In 1914 with the outbreak of war Coppin fled to England where she worked as a French teacher〔Marguerite Coppin : ''Fin de siècle – Ressort cassé'' (1889). QuestionDeGenre/GKC, Montpellier (France) 2011.〕 until her death in 1931.〔 ==See also== *History of feminism *Bicycle *List of women's rights activists *List of female poets *Timeline of women's suffrage *Timeline of women's rights (other than voting) *Women's suffrage 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marguerite Coppin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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