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Chronicling her 1894 ride into history

Peter Zheutlin of Needham displays a picture of Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (left), who became famous in 1894 for riding a bicycle around the world.
By Peter Schworm
Globe Staff / August 10, 2006

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Annie Cohen Kopchovsky was an unknown Boston housewife in 1894 who overnight vaulted to international prominence by pedaling around the world, scandalously casting off social conventions in search of fame, adventure, and freedom. A Boston newspaper wrote that she ``flew away like a kite down Beacon Street," before heading south, probably along the old Boston Post Road through Dedham, Walpole, ... (Full article: 1022 words)

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