Annie Londonderry
Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), known as Annie Londonderry, was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world. After having completed her travel, albeit mostly by ship, she built a media career around engagement with popular conception of what it was to be female.
Annie Londonderry | |
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Annie Londonderry as a young woman | |
| Born | Annie Cohen 1870 Latvia |
| Died | November 11, 1947 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, Nelly Bly Jr. |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Notable work | Circumnavigated the globe on a bicycle |
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