Book description
Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of mobility and helped empower women's liberation. Through vintage photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and songs,aWheels of Changeatransports young readers to bygone eras to see how women used the bicycle to improve their lives. Witty in…
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2 authors picked Wheels of Change as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Who knew the bicycle helped advance the cause of women’s suffrage? I loved how this book took a seemingly modest technological invention and showed how it contributed to wide-ranging social, cultural, and, ultimately, political change. Though notable figures make appearances, what appealed to me was Macy’s focus on the everyday woman. Frances Willard may have spoken for these women when she wrote, “I began to feel that myself plus the bicycle equaled myself plus the world.”
The book is richly illustrated with an abundance of sidebar features, including facsimiles of contemporary newspaper clippings. Wheels of Change shows how political change…
From Andrew's list on sports history for young and old adults.
Written for young adults and kids, this book does an excellent job teaching an underappreciated (and relatively unknown) chapter in women’s history. We take the bicycle for granted today, but it was the catalyst for radical changes in the lives of women in the U.S. and Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
From Peter's list on bicycles and cycling.
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