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Kickass Women in History: Annie Londonderry

Welcome to our new feature, Kickass Women in History! This month’s Kickass Woman is Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, better known as Annie Londonderry. She bicycled around the world in 1895. She was the first woman to do it, and it took her fifteen months. Annie was a Jewish woman born in what is now Lativa in 1870. She and her family immigrated to the US when Annie was quite young. She married Max Kopchovsky and they … Continue reading Kickass Women in History: Annie Londonderry