En 1895, los periódicos de Nueva York llamaron la atención sobre una mujer que recorra̕ el pas̕ pedaleando. Annie "Londonderry" se había ido de casa para ganar una apuesta: recorrer el mundo en bicicleta a cambio de cinco mil dólares. Aquello no era solo una proeza física y geográfica: estaba desafiando las convenciones de la época. Y a pesar de que los medios estuvieron más interesados en señalar que usaba pantalones en lugar de falda, Annie siguió pedaleando. Su historia, junto a la de otras trece mujeres, integra este libro. Entre ellas están Eva Dickson, la primera mujer en cruzar el Sáhara en coche; Valentina Tereshkova, que voló al espacio, y Mary Anning, conocida por sus numerosos hallazgos del período jurásico. Exploradoras, científicas, escaladoras, pero sobre todo pioneras, dieron la vuelta al mundo, tuvieron que disfrazarse de hombres, atravesaron cerros, cielos y estrellas para llegar a donde quisieron. Fueron mujeres que movieron montañas. In 1895, the New York newspapers drew attention to a woman who rode the country pedaling. Annie Londonderry had left home to win a bet: travel the world by bicycle in exchange for five thousand dollars. That was not just a physical and geographical feat: it was challenging the conventions of the epoch. And even though the media were more interested in signaling that she wore pants instead of a skirt, Annie kept pedaling. Her story, along with that of thirteen other women, constitutes this book. Among them is Eva Dickson, the first woman to cross the Sahara by car; Valentina Tereshkova, who flew to space, and Mary Anning, known for her numerous findings of the Jurassic period. Explorers, scientists, climbers, but especially pioneers, went around the world, had to disguise themselves as men, crossed hills, skies and stars to get where they wanted. They were women who moved mountains.
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