Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
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| Audience/Grade: | 6-9 |
| Discipline(s): |
Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Engineering Mechanics History of Science and Technology Mechanical Engineering Technology and Society |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Susan Macy |
| Description: | Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of mobility and helped empower women's liberation. Through vintage photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and songs, Wheels of Change transports young readers to bygone eras to see how women used the bicycle to improve their lives. Witty in tone and scrapbook-like in presentation, the book deftly covers early (and comical) objections, influence on fashion, and impact on social change inspired by the bicycle, which, according to Susan B. Anthony, "has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world." |
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| Keywords: | bicycle technology and society societal impact of technology |
| Referenced By: |
Women and Mobility with Bicycles |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(c) Design a system, component, or process |
| Use of Resource: |
An interesting case study on how technology can cause social change. Although the book is geared for 6-9, the concept has general appeal. |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
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| Publication Date: | April 2011 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.amazon.com/dp/1426307616/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=braipick |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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