I found an academic blog about the history of women's public toilets and the 'urinary leash'

I saw the same video, apparently you could just flip the hoops up at the back. Rather like you can with a hula hoop!

I think Edwardian long and straight or even ‘hobble’ skirts must have been more of a nuisance. But that was also when the rational dress movement was picking up pace.

Oh, erm, I watch a youtube called called Prior Attire, mostly because I sew a bit and am interested in how clothing was constructed. The furthest I have ever gone is a cheats version of a kirtle, not from this channel, she's proper authentic.

Anyhow, the woman whose channel it is addressed this issue, because the people watching asked her to, I think it was the most asked question.. All those cages for crinolines and bustles collapse and fold really easily, they aren't even heavy, as she demonstrated with various receptacles. Not actually demonstrated in case anyone is worried! Getting into a cubicle and managing it would be tricky tho, depending on the cubicle.

I can't put up a link but the video is called "How did Victorian women go to the toilet, a remake"

I also think that working and middle class women had lesser versions or no versions of cages under their skirts, especially working class women. It would get in the way and also use far to much fabric as you'd need to be able to afford yards of the stuff for a crinoline

Corset myth busting also available on same channel.

By sheer chance I happened to find an academic blog about the history of women's public toilets and the impact of the urinary leash. I was searching for something using the words 'women owned logo' (which is a business promotion scheme in the USA) and my finger slipped off the 'g', leaving me with a search for 'women owned loo'!

It's an interesting blog and what stood out to me is that the big London department stores only introduced women's toilets for commercial reasons, as they realised that it would help women to spend more money. Perhaps there is a lesson in that for the issues of today? I remember that in America they had the 19th century women's 'Rest Rooms' movement in big cities. I think those facilities were more similar to waiting rooms, in that they had a sitting area as well as the toilets, but anyone who has been to a hotel built in that era knows that ladies loos often have a sitting area as well as the toilet facilities. So there was a understanding of the privacy/safety need, as well as hygiene.

Women’s rights and the “loo leash”: the fight for public toilets in the UK | Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) Blog

Thank you to the author for putting this article out there.