She cycled away from her Boston home and into stardom, leaving a husband and three small children for a journey that came to symbolize women’s independence.
Tag: Past Tense
Overlooked No More: Sanmao, ‘Wandering Writer’ Who Found Her Voice in the Desert
Her book, “Stories of the Sahara,” has endured for generations of young Taiwanese and Chinese women yearning for independence from conservative social norms.
Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Rona, Pioneering Scientist Amid Dangers of War
Rona moved from lab to lab — and country to country — and in the process made important findings about the behavior of atoms and radioactivity.
The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway
Fifty years ago, American troops began withdrawing, but tens of thousands were yet to die.
95 Years Ago, Everest Was Just as Deadly but Much Less Crowded
As climbers continue to die in the Himalayas, a look back at the conquest of the tallest mountain in the world.
Overlooked No More: Aloha Wanderwell, Explorer and Filmmaker
By 16, she was traveling around the world behind the wheel of a Model T in a life of adventure that was interrupted only by a murder mystery.
Past Tense: Women With Axes: Looking Back at World War II ‘Lumberjills’
Meet Rosie the Riveter’s British cousins.
Past Tense: In Photos Unpublished for 100 Years, the Joy of War’s End on Armistice Day
As crowds gathered in New York, Paris and London, photographers captured the public’s jubilant mood.