However, she wasn't interested in the kind of synchronized riding that was deemed respectable she wanted to race. After seeing her first bicycle, Tillie Anderson began saving her money to buy one. Gr 1-5-A picture-book biography of the tailor turned bicycling champion. Sue Stauffacher's lively text and Sarah McMenemy's charming illustrations capture the energy of America's bicycle craze and tell the story of one woman who wouldn't let society's expectations stop her from achieving her dream. With arduous training and her (shocking!) new clothes, Tillie became the women's bicycle-riding champion of the world. She was told "bicycles aren't for ladies," but from then on, Tillie dreamed of riding-not graceful figure eights, but speedy, scorching, racy riding! And she knew that couldn't be done in a fancy lady's dress. So she got herself a job in a tailor shop and waited for a dream to find her. When Tillie Anderson came to America, all she had was a needle. About Tillie The Terrible Swede: How One Woman, A Sewing
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