Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted women 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

Prizes

Winner of Book Links Lasting Connection 2011,Winner of California Reading Association Eureka! Silver Honor Book 2011,Winner of NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012,Short-listed for YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2012

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