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Nov. 11th, 2012|12:44 am |
Annie Londonderry - pirmā sieviete, kas apbrauca pasauli uz velo, ir dzimusi Latvijā.
On June 27, 1894, 24-year-old Annie Cohen Kopchovsky hopped on her 42-pound Columbia woman’s bike wearing the long skirt, corset and high collar of the time. Perhaps creating the first Mr. Mom, she waved goodbye to her husband and three small children and some fans from the local cycling club as she headed off for New York. [..] She carried with her only a change of clothes, a pearl-handled pistol and a lot of chutzpa. The Londonderry Lithia Spring Water Company offered her $100. In return for their sponsorship, she agreed to carry their placard on her bike and adopt the name “Annie Londonderry.” Annie, who learned to ride a bicycle just weeks before her departure, often claimed that she undertook the journey as the result of a bet made by two wealthy Boston businessmen—they wagered no woman could make the same voyage that Thomas Stevens had completed a decade earlier.
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