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Broadly Underestimated is the podcast dedicated to understanding the underestimated aspects of our lives. Every object, institution, historical event – even the most mundane – has its own revolutionary story. And it’s often the underestimated women behind those stories that have shaped life as we know it today.
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Saturday Sep 18, 2021
Saturday Sep 18, 2021
In this episode, I continue my conversation with author Roger Gilles about the ways that Tillie Anderson and the other forgotten female bike racers of the 1890s turned Victorian rules upside down. They pushed the boundaries on gender roles and women as bosses. And they proved to thousands upon thousands of spectators just how much pain and suffering a female athlete could withstand.
Recommended Reading:
Women on the Move by Roger Gilles
Muscle on Wheels by M. Ann Hall
Wheels of Change by Sue Macy
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