the world cycling record and Cycling records Bicycling and feminism Elizabeth Robins Pennell, who wrote of her cycling tours around Europe in the 1880s Fanny Bullock Workman, who toured by bicycle in Europe, Algeria and India in the 1890s Frances Willard (suffragist) Laura Dekker Nellie Bly Thomas Stevens (cyclist) References Further reading External links Annie Londonderry — the first woman to bicycle around the world A documentary film, The New Woman, Annie Londonderry Kopchovsky, by Gillian Willman 1870 births 1947 deaths American female cyclists Sportspeople from Riga Cycling journalists Solo female touring cyclists Ultra-distance cyclists American businesspeople American Jews Latvian Jews