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August 16, 2021

The Jewish Woman Who Bicycled Around the World

Annie Londonderry, a/k/a Annie Cohen Kopchovsky.

In the 1890s, a Jewish woman from a devout background named Annie Londonderry embarked on a journey around the globe on her bicycle. Peter Zheutlin, a distant relative of Londonderry, wrote a book about her accomplishment in 2007, and has now followed up with a fictionalized version. Tzach Yoched writes:

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August 16, 2021

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  5. The Jewish Woman Who Bicycled Around the World

    Annie Londonderry, a/k/a Annie Cohen Kopchovsky.