What you should know about Margaret Fountaine:
- born in Norfolk, England in 1862.
- she became one of "new women" of the eighties and ninetieths: a liberated middle class-female who could live away from home, even if unmarried,and pursue of carrier.
- she traveled on a bicycle: 1897 -France, 1898 - Italy.
- she traveled to numerous countries on her own, meeting companions here and there but primarily was brave and independent enough to navigate railway systems, boat schedules and bike paths by herself. She even took to traveling by plane after her very first flight at age 69!
