| Wheel Within a Wheel Contributor(s): Willard, Frances Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557094497 ISBN-13: 9781557094490 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $9.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 Annotation: 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". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Cycling - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 796.608 |
| LCCN: 97001615 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 4.97" W x 7.2" (0.20 lbs) 88 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Published originally in 1895, this classic by Frances Willard, the founder of the WCTU and well-known suffragette, gives insight into both the profound impact of the bicycle at the turn of the century and the new freedom it gave to women in America. |