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SPEAKER_01: I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month we're talking about adventurers, women who refuse to be confined. They push the boundaries of where a woman could go and how she could get there. Today we're talking about a housewife turned cyclist who went on to become the first woman to bicycle around the world. Please welcome Annie Londonderry. Annie Cohen was born in Latvia to a Jewish family sometime in the 1870s. Her family immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts when she was young. Annie's life in Boston was pretty ordinary. She cared for her siblings, sold advertising space at a newspaper, and married young. Annie's family was born in Latvia, and she was born in the late 1970s. Annie was born in Latvia, and she was born in Latvia. She was born in Latvia, sold advertising space at a newspaper, and married young. Still, Annie wanted more out of life. She'd say she didn't want to spend life at home with a baby under apron every year. And in 1894, her life would forever change. One day, she overheard two Boston businessmen and two men. The men then bet her $10,000 if she could ride a bicycle around the world in 15 months. At least, that's the story Annie told. According to Annie's great-grandnephew and historian, those businessmen didn't really exist. The bet was just a story she made up to sensationalize her trip. Wager or not, in June of 1894, 23-year-old Annie left her husband and three small children to cycle around the world. Her trip began at the Massachusetts State House in front of a crowd of 500 people. She had photographs taken of her and handbills printed out that explained her journey, that she would sell to fund her trip. She was also given $100 from her sponsor, the Londonderry-Lithia Springwater Company. In return, she placed an advertisement for the company on her bike. She also dropped her husband's last name and took on the name Annie Londonderry for the duration of her trip. Annie was off. Wearing a long skirt, tailored jacket, and neat bow tie, Annie carried with her only a change of underwear and a pearl-handled pistol. Annie soon learned her outfit was not the most comfortable to cycle in. She traded her skirt for bloomers and eventually a men's riding suit. Annie cycled down to New York before heading west to Chicago. She then hit her first roadblock. There was no way Annie could bike through the Great Plains before winter hit. Annie's trip would be cut short before it really began, but she resolved to continue. There were no mileage rules, so Annie devised an alternate route. She rode back to New York and hopped on a ship to France. ["The First Noel"] Annie arrived in France in December 1894 and hit her second rough patch. Customs officials impounded her bike, and her money was stolen. Then the French press declared that she was too muscular to be a woman. Annie didn't let this deter her trip. She rode her bike out of Paris down to Marseille and then hopped on a ship to Egypt. Then she traveled by boat from Yemen to Sri Lanka. From there, she rode and sailed through Asia before making the trek from Japan back to America.
SPEAKER_01: Throughout her journey, Annie told wild stories of her life and adventures. She claimed she was on the front lines of the Sino-Japanese War. She also claimed she had several jobs. She was a lawyer, an accountant, and a newspaper founder. On several occasions, she claimed to be a Harvard medical student. In March of 1895, Annie arrived in San Francisco, California. She'd traveled the globe, but it was here that she hit her toughest hardships. Annie was riding her bike with another cyclist when she was hit by a runaway horse and wagon. Luckily, the two survived and only sustained a few cuts and bruises. Annie, ever the sensationalist, turned the story into a harrowing tale. Her version of events had her knocked unconscious and coughing up blood for days. That was not Annie's only injury. While biking through Iowa, Annie collided with pigs and broke her wrist. Injuries aside, Annie completed her trip to Chicago on September 12, 1895 and collected her $10,000 prize. She completed the journey 14 days ahead of schedule, though the details were highly exaggerated. She didn't technically circumnavigate the globe on a bike. She did it with a bike. A lot of her journey was done by boat. She did, however, cycle thousands of miles. After returning home, Annie's life quieted down again. She and her family moved to New York City. She wrote an article for the New York World under the byline, The New Woman, detailing her journey. Well, she wrote a highly suspect account of her journey, at least. Annie Londonderry's journey symbolized women's independence in a time when women did not have the right to vote. Though much of her story was embellished, she was still able to break popular conception of what it was to be female. Her life was honored by her great-grandnephew, Peter Zwietlin, in two books. Annie Londonderry died on November 11, 1947, of a stroke. All month, we're talking about adventurers. For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Willmanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow. Evidence-wise, we had virtually no evidence.
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