Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (with a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)

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Exploring women's history through the lens of the bicycle, this book highlights how it provided freedom and empowerment. Utilizing vintage photographs, advertisements, and cartoons, it engages young readers with the humorous objections and the significant social changes prompted by women's cycling. The scrapbook-style presentation captures the influence on fashion and societal norms, illustrating the bicycle's pivotal role in women's liberation, as noted by Susan B. Anthony's assertion of its transformative impact.