Horizon Information Portal

HSPLS site

eBooks/Audiobooks

Reading Program

Revolutions : how women changed the world on two wheels / Hannah Ross.

by Ross, Hannah (Cyclist), author.

View full image

[New York] : Plume, [2020]

Women cyclists -- History.

Cycling for women -- History.

Cycling -- Social aspects.

Cycling -- History.

Bicycle racing -- History.

9780593083604 (trade paperback) :

0593083601 (trade paperback) :

355 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

The revolution -- Resistance and rebellion -- The open road -- Queens of track, road, and mountain.

"More than a century after they first entered the mainstream, bicycles and the culture around them are as accessible as ever-but for women, that progress has always been a struggle to achieve, and even now the culture remains overwhelmingly male. In Revolutions, author Hannah Ross highlights the stories of extraordinary women cyclists and all-female cycling groups over time and around the world, and demonstrates both the feminist power of cycling and its present-day issues. A cyclist herself, Ross puts a spotlight on the many incredible women and girls on bicycles from then to now-many of whom had to endure great opposition to do so, beginning in the 1890s, when the first women began setting distance records, racing competitively, and using bicycles to spread the word about women's suffrage. Revolutions also celebrates women setting records and demanding equality in competitive cycling, as well as cyclists in countries including Afghanistan, India, and Saudi Arabia who are inspiring women to take up space on the road, trails, and elsewhere. Both a history of women's cycling and an impassioned manifesto, Revolutions challenges a male-dominated narrative that has long prevailed in cycling and celebrates the excellence of women in the culture"--

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

Powered by Dynix

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal