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Wheels of Change (2011) (edit title/settings)

How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)

by Sue Macy (Author) (edit contributors)

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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, Wheels of Change transports young readers to bygone eras to see how women used... read more

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Jane Lindsay: Long distance bicycle racer in New York, New York.
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Louise Armaindo: French-Canadian bike racer.
Albert Pope: One of the first American bicycle manufacturers.
Dora Rinehart: Long distance cyclist in Denver, Colorado.
Jane Yatman: Long distance bicycle racer in New York, New York, who battled for distance records with Jane Lindsay.

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League of American Wheelmen (L.A.W.): Cycling organization that also promoted the paving of America's roads.

First Sentence edit see section history

"Sometime between May and November, 1876, Colonel Albert Augustus Pope took a trip that changed American life forever."

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Sue Macy (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: National Geographic
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781426307614
Page Count: 96

Awards edit see section history

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Finalist, 2012)
California Reading Association Eureka! Award (2011, Silver Honor)

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Dewey: 796.6082

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Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Girls & Women › Nonfiction
Books › Children's Books › History & Historical Fiction › United States › 1800s
Books › Teens › History & Historical Fiction › Women
Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Gilded Age

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Official Web Site of Author Sue Macy

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