An edition of A wheel within a wheel (1895)
A wheel within a wheel.
How I learned to ride the bicycle, with some reflections by the way.
By Frances Elizabeth Willard
Publish Date
1895
Publisher
F.H. Revell Co.
Language
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Pages
75
Description:
Written toward the turn of the nineteenth century by Frances Willard, the founder of the WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union) and well-known suffragette, A Wheel Within a Wheel offers lively insight into the mind of an independent woman who also reflected the temper of her times. Brave enough to take up bicycle riding when she was fifty-three years old, Willard reported that her bicycling costume "consisted of a skirt and blouse of tweed, with belt, rolling collar, and loose cravat, the skirt three inches from the ground; a round straw hat, and walking-shoes with gaiters. It was a simple, modest suit, to which no person of common sense could take exception."
subjects: Cycling for women, Cycling, Sports for women