Annie Londonderry

   Annie Londonderry   

Annie Londonderry was a famous explorer. She was the first women to bike around the whole world.

Annie Londonderry is an American.  She was born in 1870 in Lavita. She died in 1947 in New York city the age of 77 years old.  She got married to Max in 1888 and she had three children.  Her 2 older siblings  are Sarah and Bennett.  Her parents are Levi and Basha.  She was a professional road racing cyclist.

Annie Londonderry biked around the world.  The distance around the world is 40,075.0km.  She was admired by the tourists and locals as she achieved her goal of the first woman to cycle around the world.  She got across the water on a ship, it took her 15 months to get around the world.  

When Annie Londonderry was biking around the world she was wearing a dress, coat, hat and brown shoes.  Her bike was a old fashioned bike with skinny ties and on the tie the it had a sign saying LONDONDERRY.

Annie Londonderry cycled around the world during 15 months of her spare time by herself.  

By Sophia Langford