<p>(1) The invention of the bicycle in the nineteenth century did more than give people a new kind of transportation: it triggered social changes, especially for women.</p>
<p>(2) The earliest bicycles had been difficult to ride and dangerous. (3) In the 1890s the “safety bicycle,” with gears, pedals, and reasonably reliable brakes, was introduced and began to be mass-produced. (4) The improved bicycle caught on quickly as Europe and the United States experienced a cycling craze.</p>
<p>(5) The wide availability of a relatively inexpensive mode of transportation had a particularly dramatic impact on the lives of women. (6) Women had traditionally been much less mobile than men. (7) Women’s enthusiastic adoption of the bicycle was such a notable social phenomenon that the bicycle came to be associated with the new “emancipated woman.” (8) Suffragists, who campaigned for women’s right to vote, dubbed the bicycle a “freedom machine” for women.</p>
<p>(9) According to one estimate, there are over a billion bicycles in use worldwide today. (10) The idea of riding a bicycle might not seem very radical today, but in the nineteenth century a bicycle-riding woman was defying many stereotypes. (11) For one thing, the bicycle is powered by the rider’s own muscles. (12) Medical authorities had long claimed that “ladies” were naturally delicate and could not tolerate physical exertion without becoming ill. (13) All of a sudden, women are exercising vigorously, pedaling their bicycles without showing any signs of harm. (14) Bicycling required less constricting clothing than most women had in the nineteenth century. (15) Instead of the voluminous skirts then in fashion, these cyclists adopted the “Bloomer suit,” named for its inventor Amelia Bloomer: loose-fitting pants that gathered at the ankle, worn under a knee-length skirt.</p>
<p>In context, which would be the best revision of the underlined part of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?</p>
<p>“In the 1890s the “safety bicycle,” with gears, pedals, and reasonably reliable brakes, was introduced and began to be mass-provided.”</p>
<p>A. In turn, during the 1890s,</p>
<p>B. During the 1890s, however,</p>
<p>C. As a matter of fact, it was during the 1890s that</p>
<p>D. Despite these issues in the 1890s,</p>
<p>E. Significantly, only during the 1890s</p>
<p>I picked A, but the answer was B. How can A not work? Please explain!!</p>