“Women on Wheels: How Gilded Age Women Found Freedom Through Bicycling”
Bevier House Museum 2682 Route 209, KingstonEllen Gruber Garvey joins us through the Humanities NY Public Speaker Program When women and girls first rode bicycles in large numbers in the 1890s, they celebrated their new freedom to move around in the world. Susan B. Anthony said she stood and rejoiced, “every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the […]