How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle: Reflections of an Influential 19th Century Woman - Softcover

Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0933271050 ISBN 13: 9780933271050

Publisher: Fair Oaks Pub Co, 1991

Synopsis

A nineteenth century leader of the women's reform movement describes how, at thirty-three, she learned to ride a bicycle

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About the Author:

Frances E. Willard (1839-1898) was widely known in the United States and abroad for her social reform efforts. Her causes included temperance, women's suffrage and education, eight hour workday, prison reform and public kindergarten. She served as president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1879 until her death in 1898, building it into the largest women's organization of its time. She also founded the World WCTU, the first international organization of women. She was a popular and prolific writer, outstanding educator, astute politician and strong advocate for the emancipation of women.

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"She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life."

About this edition

• Publisher: Fair Oaks Pub Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0933271050
• ISBN 13: 9780933271050
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104
• Editor: O'Hare Carol