Wheels of Change
How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
Published on 7. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-4263-2855-8 (ISBN)
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 YALSA Excellence in Non Fiction for Young Adults
SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011
Amelia Bloomer List
NCSS-Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012
School Library Journal Best Books of 2011
Finalist YALSA Excellence in Non Fiction for Young Adults
SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011
Amelia Bloomer List
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fifth Grade to Ninth Grade, Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4263-2855-8 (9781426328558)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Sue Macy