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  • March 21, 2013
    Women’s (Bike) History Month: Deb Hubsmith
    by Liz
    Guest post by Margo Pedroso, Deputy Director, Safe
  • March 20, 2013
    Women's (Bike) History: 3 Days, 5 Women, 250 Miles
    by Carolyn Szczepanski
    Guest post by Marya McQuirter  Years ago while working on her dissertation on the social history of blacks in D.C. during the first half of the 20th century, McQuirter came upon an article about five black women who biked from New York City to Washington in 1928. She is trying to gather as many details she can about their three-day, 250-mile trip. 
  • March 20, 2013
    Women's Forum Recap: Jenna Burton on Creating Black Bike Culture
    by Carolyn Szczepanski
    Veronica Davis couldn’t have put it better: “A lot of times we try to make women this monolithic group — but we’re not.”
  • March 20, 2013
    How the Challenge Can Help your Business or Advocacy Organization
    by Alison
    We're less than two months away from the official start of the 2013 National Bike Challenge and we want you to be as prepared as possible. To get you geared up for May 1, we've had two terrific webinars in the past week discussing the Challenge from two distinct perspectives: businesses and local advocacy organizations.
  • March 19, 2013
    Women's (Bike) History: Phyllis Harmon
    by Andy
    To say the history of the League of American Bicyclists is incomplete without recognizing Phyllis Harmon is an understatement. There simply would be no modern history of the League to write if it weren’t for Harmon, a human dynamo with a passion for cycling – and the League – that will likely never be equaled.
  • March 18, 2013
    Women's (Bike) History: Ellen Fletcher
    by Carolyn Szczepanski
    Even at age 83, even suffering from lung cancer, Ellen Fletcher rode her bike to City Hall for a hearing on bicycle improvements this past summer. That was the level of dedication that made Fletcher not just a local hero, but a national inspiration.
  • March 15, 2013
    Women's (Bike) History Month: Frances Willard
    by Liz
    It took her three months to get a handle on "Gladys." Frances Willard, a suffragist and temperance advocate based in Illinois, learned how to ride her bike, "Gladys," at age 53. But Willard had already made a name on doing things she wasn't supposed to.
  • March 14, 2013
    Summit Presentations Available Online!
    by Liz
    Missed the Indianapolis Mayor's breakout session? Late to the discussion on how to use social media as an advocacy tool?
  • March 14, 2013
    Women's (Bike) History: Belva Lockwood
    by Carolyn Szczepanski
    Guest post by April Streeter, author of Women on Wheels
  • March 13, 2013
    Women's (Bike) History: Maria Ward
    by Carolyn Szczepanski
    Even before the turn of the century, Maria Ward was teaching women to wrench.

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