SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — There are women in Afghanistan who are risking their lives to fight for their rights: their right to get an education, their right to work outside the home, their right to run for Parliament, and their right to ride a bike. These few, brave women who dare to ride epitomize how the bike is often viewed as a symbol of freedom — they are literally pedaling a revolution in how women are perceived and valued.
In fact, the bike has been a symbol of freedom for women before, here in the US. Susan B. Anthony declared in 1896, “The bicycle has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance  … More