Fair Maids with Nerve

ID: 419 ~ Source: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97393022/womens-tricycling-in-1887-pennells/ ~ Creator: Des Moines Register ~ Date: 4/30/1887
This file appears in: Early Des Moines Bicycle History
Fair Maids with Nerve
Des Moines Register

An article on women's tricycling in the 1880s - the couple described here, the Pennells, went on to become famous travel writers, and early promoters of cycle touring to historic and cultural sites.

This file appears in: Early Des Moines Bicycle History

By DMPL Team
At the end of the 19th century, technology was on the move - literally. After the emergence and dominance of railroads in the middle of the 19th century, the next major transportation revolution was smaller-scale, and much more personal. The…