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Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)

Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way). Kristin Fuller Literature Circle: Archivist. Women’s History. How would you like to know more about “Women’s History?”

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Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)

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  1. Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) Kristin Fuller Literature Circle: Archivist

  2. Women’s History How would you like to know more about “Women’s History?” You can find a variety of resources right at your tips below, just follow the image or website links for more information. When Women Ruled: Great Women Leaders in World History (DVD; Worldwide Video; 2009) Women’s History Month The National Women’s History Project Library of Congress: Women’s History Month National Women’s History Museum • Image from Barnes & Noble

  3. Women’s Rights One of the biggest challenges for women in history was that of their rights: The right to vote The right to play sports The right to be in the military The right to be a professional Included on the next slide are a few resources that show us how prominent women in history fought for women’s rights:

  4. Women’s Rights Not For Ourselves: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (Ward, Geoffrey C.; 2001) You can also check out the video on pbs.org Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women Suffragist (Loos, Pamela; 2000) The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights (Freedman, Russell; 2004 NPR American Chronicles: Women’s Equality (Audiobook; NPR; 2012) • Images from Amazon and Barnes & Noble

  5. Clothing, Sports, Military & Flying Throughout women’s history women had faced many challenges. Some of those challenges included: What women had to wear If women were allowed to participate in sports If women could be allowed in the military Could women pilot a plane The next few slides contain a number of resources relating to these challenges…

  6. Clothing Dressing a Nation: Calico Dresses and Buffalo Robes: American West Fashions from the 1840’s to the 1890’s (Krohn, Katherine E.; 2012) We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women’s Factory Strike of 1909 (Dash, Joan; 1998) With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Women’s Right to Vote (Bausum, Ann; 2004) • Images from Amazon

  7. Sports Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women’s Hoops on the Map (Macy, Sue; 2011) Good Sports: Yes She Can! Women’s Sports Pioneers (Stout, Glen; 2011) Winning Ways: A Photostory of American Women in Sports (Macy, Sue; 1996) • Images from Amazon and Barnes & Noble

  8. Military & Flying Count on US: American Women in the Military (Nathan, Amy; Foreword by Cronkite, Walter; 2004) Women Combat Pilots: The Right Stuff (DVD; City Lights Media Group; A&E Entertainment ; 2010) Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman (Borden, Louise; Mary Kay Kroeger; Illustrations by Flavin, Teresa; 2003) Images from Amazon and Barnes & Noble

  9. Other Resources of Interest http://womenofhistory.blogspot.com/ http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/ Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks on Women’s Suffrage Women’s Rights Reform Movement 1800’s (Ms. Scott’s JH History; iTunes Podcast; 02/06/2011) Women’s Suffrage: 90th Anniversary (Museum Collections Up Close MNHS.org; iTunes Podcast; 11/01/2010)

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