Women and Bicycles

On Human Rights Day, December 10th, it’s good to remember the rights we enjoy.
It took me a long time to learn how to ride a bicycle. At age seven, the training wheels embarrassing but I could not find my balance without them. When the training wheels finally came off of my light blue, 10-speed Scwhinn, I did something that drove my mother crazy: I undid both of my long braids.