We chanced across a rather fascinating new book this week, Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom by Sue Macy, which looks at how the success of the bike in late 19th-century America heralded a period of new liberation for women. Our favourite excerpt sees Macy quoting the great Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early proponent of the contraption: "The bicycle," she stated, "will inspire women with more courage, self-respect and self-reliance and make the next generation more vigorous of mind and body; for feeble mothers do not produce great statesmen, scientists and scholars." And billionaires, naturally.
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.
I've been a big fan of Laura Barton's music column for a couple of years. Now that I know she likes bikes as well, I think I've found my ideal woman.
The view from a broad: how to marry a billionaire | Life and style | The Guardian QuoteWe chanced across a rather fascinating new book this week, Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom by Sue Macy, which looks at how the success of the bike in late 19th-century America heralded a period of new liberation for women. Our favourite excerpt sees Macy quoting the great Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an early proponent of the contraption: "The bicycle," she stated, "will inspire women with more courage, self-respect and self-reliance and make the next generation more vigorous of mind and body; for feeble mothers do not produce great statesmen, scientists and scholars." And billionaires, naturally.But who is this Laura Barton writing articles for the Grauniad? Do we know her?
