Annie Londonderry

Over the past couple years, we have witnessed the rise of an eco-friendly, politically progressive bike culture in the US.

Summer? Summer is the time that you eat sticky popsicles, ride your bike to the beach, and watch fireworks, right?

Since leaving my 5^th

A woman riding a bicycle in full Victorian dress doesn't freely associate with being Jewish ...except in the case of Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (who adopted the decidedly less ethnic name of "Annie Londonderry"). In courageous, chutzpah-like ways, Annie -- a Jewish immigrant living in Boston in June 1894 -- shattered the social conventions of her time.