Roger Gilles

Women on the Move

The Forgotten Era of Women's Bicycle Racing

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Produktbeschreibung

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781496204172
• ISBN-10: 1496204174
• Artikelnr.: 50910147

Autorenporträt

Roger Gilles is a writing professor at Grand Valley State University.     

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments                                                                                                     
Introduction: The Terrible
Swede                                                                             
Part 1. Bicycles and Bloomers
Chapter 1. Six-Day Bike Race for
Women                                                                           
Chapter 2. Watch the Woman
Cyclists                                                                                  
Chapter 3. After Gold and
Medals                                                                                        
Part 2. Leading Ladies
Chapter 4. Riders Are Dressed in Pleasing
Costumes                                                           
Chapter 5. Like Spiders on a
Wall                                                                                         
Chapter 6. Lovers
True                                                                                                          
Chapter 7. Girls May Pull
Hair                                                                                              
Part 3. Backlash
Chapter 8. Threatened with
Suspension                                                                                
Chapter 9. A Gala Event on
Wheels                                                                                      
Chapter 10. Is Bicycling
Immoral?                                                                                        
Chapter 11. Men versus
Women                                                                                           
Chapter 12. Amazons on
Wheels                                                                                           
Part 4. Rivals
Chapter 13. Girls Have a
Spat!                                                                                              
Chapter 14. It Will Be Run for
Blood                                                                                   
Chapter 15. They Do Not
Speak                                                                                            
Chapter 16. The “Muscular
Beauties”                                                                                   
Part 5. Lisette
Chapter 17. The Parisian, Unbeaten and Unafraid, Is
Coming                                             
Chapter 18. Lisette and Her Lightning
Rivals                                                                       
Chapter 19. The Greatest Drawing Card in Bicycle
History                                                 
Part 6. Farewell to Cycliennes
Chapter 20. War on Six-Day Bicycle
Races                                                                         
Chapter 21. Grand
Vaudeville                                                                                               
Chapter 22. Have You Seen the Cycle Whirl?
                                                                     
Epilogue: Maiden Name Known to
All                                                                                 
Notes                                                                                                                          
Index