National Geographic Kids - Wheels Of Change How Women Rode The Bicycle To Freedom (With A Few Flat Tires Along The Way) - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 the bicycle to improve their lives. Witty in tone and scrapbook - like in presentation the book deftly covers early (and comical) objections influence on fashion and impact on social change inspired by the bicycle which according to Susan B. Anthony "has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world." NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012 School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 Finalist YALS a Excellence in Non Fiction for Young Adults SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011 Amelia Bloomer List
Title: Wheels Of Change How Women Rode The Bicycle To Freedom (With A Few Flat Tires Along The Way)
Author(s): National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Barcode: 9781426307614
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 1/11/2011
Series: History (US)
Category: Cycling, Boarding & Skating (Children's / Teenage)