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
- ISBN10 1426307616
- ISBN13 9781426307614
- Publish Date 11 January 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Geographic Kids
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk