Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
ISBN:
9781426308215 (1426308213)
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Non Fiction,
History,
Middle Grade,
Feminism,
Picture Books,
Womens,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Cycling
Things I never thought about: how important the bicycle was to women's suffrage. There were problems with the layout, to my mind, where the main text had no convenient stopping point for one to switch over to the sidebars (and there are a lot of side bars), but a fun, quick, and unexpected look at f...
This was an interesting and compelling book. Lots of little factoids, plenty of delightful photographs of the early pioneer women of bicycling, and enough of a narrative to be engaging throughout. I want to try riding an ordinary after reading this book. But only if I can do it whilst wearing bloome...
Fascinating history that links the rising popularity of bicycles with women's struggle for equality.
14 years ago
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