This volume of the Sports She Wrote series showcases a collection of fictional works by pioneering women authors who creatively incorporated the rising populari

“Daisie” was the penname for Helen Drew Bassett, America’s first prominent woman cycling columnist during the era of the three-wheeler. She was married to

Three-wheelers kickstarted the cycling fad for women in the 1880s. Two-wheelers at the time were the old-time high-wheel “ordinaries” or “penny-farthings,

From 1888 to 1895, American cycling underwent a transformative journey from clunky three-wheel tricycles to sleek and efficient two-wheel bicycles, marking a pi

1896 marked the peak of the bicycling craze in America, as reflected in the 119 articles and 72 illustrations (118,000 words) in this volume of the Sports She W