Tillie Anderson was born in Sweden in 1875 and immigrated to the United States with her family in 1891, where she worked various jobs to support her mother and siblings after her father died when she was young. Though receiving little formal education, she became interested in bicycling after seeing her first bicycle in the U.S. and went on to become the world's first female cycling champion, winning numerous races between 1897-1902 and inspiring many girls and women to take up the sport.

1. By LD

2.  Tillie was born at Skane, Sweden on April
23,1875

3.  In 1891 they came to America [Family]
 Her father died when she was 8 years old
 She work on a farm during haying and
harvesting to help her mother brother and
her 3 sisters

4.  She didn't have any education but she was a
worker for other people and for her family
and she worked a lot when she was a
teenager

5.  When she came to America she was a
seamstress-here she saw her first bicycle
 Her mother warned her about bicycle face- a
medical condition of both women and men
bikers

6.  She won the best female champion of the
world
 She made girls try and go on to bikes
 Her 1st race was a century race, 100 miles,
she broke the women's world record by 18
minutes

7.  She was the first serious competitor in bike
racing. From 1897 to 1902 she was known as
the female champion of the world
 She inspired girls to ride bikes

8.  She died in 1965. She was 90 years old