For this mini episode, I wanted to talk about a woman that has fallen into obscurity over the years, although in her heyday she was featured in newspapers literally around the world. She was a marvelous woman who had marvelous adventures...or...did she?
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SOURCES
“Annie Londonderry.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 5, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Londonderry.
Henry, Bonnie. “She Biked the Globe, Including Tucson.” Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), March 27, 2008.
Weber, Bruce. “Overlooked No More: Annie Londonderry, Who Traveled the World by Bicycle.” The New York Times. The New York Times, November 6, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/obituaries/annie-londonderry-overlooked.html#:~:text=When%20she%20departed%20on%20shipboard,up%20to%20see%20her%20off.
“Woman Wheels Around the World.” The Chicago Chronicle (Chicago, Illinois), September 13, 1895.
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
