Alice Austen was a photographer and is recognised as a significant figure in LGBT history, breaking with convention to live with her partner, Gertrude Tate, and making images that subvert gender roles. Violet Ward published Bicycling for Ladies in 1896. The images for the book were taken by Alice on a makeshift set on the lawn of Clear Comfort, The Alice Austen House. The model, Daisy Elliott, was a gymnast and managed a gym for women in Manhattan.