[PDF] Bicycling For Ladies eBook

Author : Maria E. Ward
Publisher : Apollo Publishers
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1948062534

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Bicycling for Ladies is the trailblazing book that introduced women to bicycling and shocked a Victorian culture on its release in 1896. Today it remains comprehensive and useful, but also celebrates women’s advancement in the sport and offers an inspiring, and amusing, look back. Maria E. Ward let the social norms and gendered expectations of the nineteenth century eat her dust when she wrote the groundbreaking guide to bicycling for women. In chapters such as Women and Tools, Dress, and How to Make Progress, Ward explains the function of wheels, gears, and spokes, gives instruction on how to safely and efficiently ride, and discusses optimal attire (layers and a stretchy corset, of course). Ward’s detailed mechanical and physical instruction, paired with helpful images and charts, makes daunting ordeals like hill climbing, navigating traffic, and bike maintenance a breeze. In modern times, when so much is outsourced, automated, and unreliable, Ward’s approach to transportation is refreshing. But while bicycling is rich with health and environmental benefits, male bicyclists still outnumber female riders, most competitive cyclists are male, and women are more likely to report feeling unsafe on a bike. Ward’s text gives women the tools they need to claim their stake of the road. For seasoned cyclists or those just starting out, it is a timeless and relevant directive—ideal for today’s woman who’s ready to take the world by the handlebars. The photos and instructional images throughout Bicycling for Ladies are the result of a collaboration between Ward and Alice Austen, one of America’s earliest and most prolific professional female photographers. The volume has an elegant new design and is small enough to ride with.

Author : Sue Macy
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426328559

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Explore the role the bicycle played in the women's liberation movement.

Author : Gale Bernhardt
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781934030288

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Gale Bernhardt has been instructing and coaching athletes since 1974. In this book she shows women cyclists how to select and customize their bikes, design an optimal-performance plan, and meet their riding goals. She includes important information about women's health and nutritional needs, and tips to make cycling more comfortable.

Author : Selene Yeager
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1623364868

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Women are built differently, ride differently, train differently, burn different macronutrients as fuel, and have a different relationship with their bikes than men do. It's only natural they should need their own comprehensive cycling book. The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Women is an instructional manual geared specifically toward women. It breaks down the sport of cycling into easily digestible sections, beginning with the history of women's cycling and progressing into equipment, lifestyle, technique, training, and fitness goals. The book also includes a women-specific section that covers cycling while menstruating, cycling while pregnant, how menopause affects training, and how specific parts of the female body are uniquely affected by cycling. The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Women will serve as an indispensible, lifelong guide for every female cyclist.

Author : Maria E Ward
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 17,36 MB
Release : 2014-08-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781498139939

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1896 Edition. With Hints As To The Art Of Wheeling, Advice To Beginners, Dress, Care Of The Bicycle, Mechanics, Training, Exercise, Etc.

Author : April Streeter
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1621069745

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A feminist history of bicycling for sport and adventure spans a century of women who changed the world from two wheels. This vivacious tale, peppered with fascinating details from primary sources, shows how women were sometimes the stars of bicycle races and exhibitions, and other times had to overcome sexism, exclusion, and economic inequalities in order to ride. From the almost burlesque show races and creative performances of the 19th century to the evolution of cycling as a modern sport and form of transportation, April Streeter brings her exuberant eye for character, fashion, and story to convey the evolving emotional resonance of bicycling for women and their communities. Interweaving pedal-powered history with profiles of bicyclists who made their mark, like Katharine Hepburn, Annie Londonderry, Kittie Knox, Dorothy Lawrence, Louise Armaindo, and more.

Author : Roger Gilles
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2018-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496210417

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The 1890s was the peak of the American bicycle craze, and consumers, including women, were buying bicycles in large numbers. Despite critics who tried to discourage women from trying this new sport, women took to the bike in huge numbers, and mastery of the bicycle became a metaphor for women's mastery over their lives. Spurred by the emergence of the "safety" bicycle and the ensuing cultural craze, women's professional bicycle racing thrived in the United States from 1895 to 1902. For seven years, female racers drew large and enthusiastic crowds across the country, including Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, and New Orleans--and many smaller cities in between. Unlike the trudging, round-the-clock marathons the men (and their spectators) endured, women's six-day races were tightly scheduled, fast-paced, and highly competitive. The best female racers of the era--Tillie Anderson, Lizzie Glaw, and Dottie Farnsworth--became household names and were America's first great women athletes. Despite concerted efforts by the League of American Wheelmen to marginalize the sport and by reporters and other critics to belittle and objectify the women, these athletes forced turn-of-the-century America to rethink strongly held convictions about female frailty and competitive spirit. By 1900 many cities began to ban the men's six-day races, and it became more difficult to ensure competitive women's races and attract large enough crowds. In 1902 two racers died, and the sport's seven-year run was finished--and it has been almost entirely ignored in sports history, women's history, and even bicycling history. Women on the Move tells the full story of America's most popular arena sport during the 1890s, giving these pioneering athletes the place they deserve in history.

Author : Carlton Reid
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610916891

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In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.

Author : Maria E Ward
Publisher : Echo Library
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 21,88 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781847024107

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Maria E Ward was a resident of New York, a dedicated bicyclist, and active member of the Staten Island Bicycle Club. Published in 1896, at a time when bicycling had become a favourite activity and there was already an over-abundance of books on the subject, Ward's Bicycling for Ladies stood out among the competition. Written specifically for women cyclists, whose number was rapidly increasing and who had hitherto been generally ignored, this comprehensive manual provided both inspiration and practical instruction, covering everything from repairs and maintenance, advice on suitable dress, to a training regimen designed for women. Ward's encyclopaedic knowledge of everything relating to the bicycle is evident throughout, and her book is also notable for the quality of the ample illustrations. Ward hired gymnast Daisy Elliot to demonstrate cycling techniques such as how to mount, dismount, carry a bicycle, and carry out basic repairs, and her friend Alice Austen photographed the model in the various poses. Illustrations were then created for the book from these photographic images, with Daisy's well-muscled physique and plain features softened to make them more appealing.