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Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way) / Sue Macy.

Macy, Sue, (author.). Bassford, Lewis R., (editor.). Emmett, Jennifer, (editor.). Epstein, Lori, (editor.). Hill, Grace, (editor.). Hiscott, James, Jr., (book designer.). Ittner, Marty, (book designer.). Olesin, Kate, (editor.). National Geographic Society (U.S.), (publisher.).

Summary:

Explore the role the bicycle played in the women's liberation movement.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1426307616
  • ISBN: 1426307624
  • ISBN: 1451748876
  • ISBN: 9781426307614
  • ISBN: 9781426307621
  • ISBN: 9781451748871
  • Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Jennifer Emmett, editor ; James Hiscott, Jr., art director ; Lori Epstein, illustrations editor ; Marty Ittner, designer ; Kate Olesin, editorial assistant ; Grace Hill, associate managing editor ; Lewis R. Bassford, production manager"--t.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / Lean Missback Day -- Introduction -- Inventing the bicycle. Feature: celebrity cyclists -- "The devil's advance agent". Feature: cycling slang -- Fashion forward. Feature: cycling songs -- Fast and fearless. Feature: the cycling press -- New freedoms. Feature: selling with cycles -- Highlights in cycling and women's history -- Resources -- Sources of quotes -- Index -- Picture credits.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School
1280L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.5 3 141594.
Awards Note:
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young people, 2012
Subject: Bicycles > Juvenile literature.
Bicycles > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Clothing and dress > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Cycling for women > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Cycling > Juvenile literature.
Feminism > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Women's rights > United States > History > Juvenile literature.

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