Bicycle madness

Description:

In the late nineteenth century, Lillie gains friendship and help with a spelling bee from a neighbor, Frances Willard, who braves criticism to speak about women's rights and learn to ride a bicycle. Includes historical notes.

subjects: Fiction,  Spelling bees,  Bicycles and bicycling,  Juvenile fiction,  Sex role,  Friendship,  Self-confidence in girls,  Mothers,  Death,  Labor exploitation,  Bicycling,  Moving to a new neighborhood,  Suffrage,  Mentors,  Moving, household,  Bicycles,  Women's rights,  Independence in women,  Twelve-year-old girls,  Independence in girls,  Father and daughter,  Educators,  Willard, Frances Elizabeth,,  Labor rights,  The Ninethies (19th century),  Neighbors,  New students,  History,  Women,  Children's fiction,  Sex role, fiction,  Bicycles and bicycling, fiction,  Friendship, fiction

People: Frances Willard (1839-1898)