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ellenkushner) wrote2008-03-12 04:40 pm
ellenkushner) wrote2008-03-12 04:40 pm
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Jews on Bikes
Clearly, someone should write a novel about this woman - or at least give her a walk-on in as many period pieces as possible:
"When Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (who adopted the decidedly less ethnic name of "Annie Londonderry") left Boston in June 1894, she was a young woman with a 42-pound bicycle, one change of underwear, a revolver, and a dream of adventure and financial independence. Her epic journey around the world by bicycle turned this Jewish immigrant and mother of three into an international celebrity. In Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride, author Peter Zheutlin vividly recounts the story of this audacious woman in a highly readable blend of social history and travel narrative."
Gakked from the Jewish Women's Archives, who are sponsoring a Lunch Talk with the author in Boston on March 18th. They are also collecting stories, photos, interviews, etc. that document the experiences of Jewish American women during the Second World War. You can help, no matter where you live.
"When Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (who adopted the decidedly less ethnic name of "Annie Londonderry") left Boston in June 1894, she was a young woman with a 42-pound bicycle, one change of underwear, a revolver, and a dream of adventure and financial independence. Her epic journey around the world by bicycle turned this Jewish immigrant and mother of three into an international celebrity. In Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride, author Peter Zheutlin vividly recounts the story of this audacious woman in a highly readable blend of social history and travel narrative."
Gakked from the Jewish Women's Archives, who are sponsoring a Lunch Talk with the author in Boston on March 18th. They are also collecting stories, photos, interviews, etc. that document the experiences of Jewish American women during the Second World War. You can help, no matter where you live.
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I think it's the detail about the change of underwear that really makes it feel lived in. And, seriously awesome.
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Is -
Is - <Laughing very hard!!>
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And the kids do have a mighty cuteness -- and there are days that is what saves them from being sold to gypsies. We are, however, very lucky.