Wheels Of Change: How Women Rode The Bicycle To Freedom With A Few Flat Tires Along The Way

Wheels of Change: how women rode the bicycle to freedon (with a few flat tires along the way)

by Sue Macy

Using a variety of photographs, advertisements, cartoons and songs, the reader is taken on a historical tour to see how women have used the bicycle to improve their lives. The book examines the invention of the bicycle, early safety concerns, objections to women riding bicycles and how the bicycle has influenced fashion and its impact on social change.

 

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