Annie londonderry

As the first woman to ride her bicycle around the world, Annie “Londonderry” Kopchovsky challenged worldviews on women in cycling.

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Lady on her bicycle, c.1910: I kind of want to be her, right now.

Annie "Londonderry" Kopchovsky bicycle and wearing bloomers, 1895

Annie “Londonderry” Kopchovsky was the first woman to make a tour around the world by bicycle, challenging her own physical capabilities, the slight economic resources and the many prejudices in Victorian times

Vogue | November 1894-the year Annie Londonderry set off around the world.

In the 1800s most women couldn’t ride a bicycle. In fact, most of them wouldn’t. It was an age of long billowing skirts, where woman’s suffrage was a growing movement and wearing trousers was downright scandalous. Annie Londonderry first pushed down on her pedals out of Massachusetts State House on June 27, 1894. She was

Norman Parkinson (1913–1990) was a celebrated English portrait and fashion photographer. He always maintained he was a craftsman and not an ...

Annie Oakley's biography is interesting and worth a couple minutes' browsing. Throughout her career, it is believed that Oakley taught upwards of 15,000 women how to use a gun. Oakley believed strongly that it was crucial for women to learn how to use a gun, as not only a form of physical and mental exercise, but also to defend themselves. She said: "I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns as naturally as they know how to handle babies." Photo from the tumblr of the…