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Women on the move : the forgotten era of women's bicycle racing / Roger Gilles.

Author/creator Gilles, Roger author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental Content ProQuest Ebook Central
Subject(s)
Contents Six-day bike race for women -- Watch the woman cyclists -- After gold and medals -- Riders are dressed in pleasing costumes -- Like spiders on a wall -- Lovers true -- Girls may pull hair -- Threatened with suspension -- A gala event on wheels -- Is bicycling immoral? -- Men vs. women -- Amazons on wheels -- Girls have a spat! -- It will be run for blood -- They do not speak -- The 'muscular beauties' -- The Parisian, unbeaten and unafraid, is coming -- Lisette and her lightning rivals -- The greatest drawing card in bicycle history -- War on six-day bicycle races -- Grand vaudeville -- Have you seen the cycle whirl? -- Epilogue : maiden name known to all.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Gilles, Roger. Women on the move 9781496204172
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formHistory.
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