Willy Koppen, Dutch motorcycle racer, 1950s 1 of 1st women riding in & winning international motor races. Self taught motor mechanic, rode solo journeys through Europe. Used -)o(- to show motorcycle viewed from above in travelogue. 1st ever emoji? d. #OTD 22 Oct 2002 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_K...
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery and her daughter Julia Avery, 1914. Their Harley-Davidson was confiscated for war purposes during their trip in Europe. (Photo from Harley-Davidson Museum and the article was published in the 'Motorcycle Illustrated' magazine 20.08.1914)
Božena Helásková from Prague, who travelled on her small ČZ through Baltic countries and Poland to Liinahamari, crossing the Arctic Circle. She covered 7500km in 25 days (300km per day). She also toured Alps. ČZ motorcycle company used her as a brand ambassador in their advertisement in 1937-1939.
Ilse Thouret, who rose to become Germany's best female motorcycle racer in the 1930s. She collected over 100 trophies, medals, and awards during her career. After her first ride on a 750cc Mabeco in 1927, she became a factory rider for Puch in 1933.
“Known as the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, Bessie Stringfield started riding when she was 16. She was the first African-American woman to travel cross-country solo, and she did it at age 19 in 1929, riding a 1928 Indian Scout."
Sadie actually completed the feat twice on the same day by successfully returning to Winnipeg by a different route. www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_hist... 'Sadie Grimm Commemorative Picnic Shelter' has opened at the site of the former Empress Hotel in Winnipeg Beach where she completed her ride in 1914.
Sadie Grimm: First Canadian Woman Motorcycle Medalist. In 1913/14, the Manitoba Motorcycle Club offered a medal to the first motorcyclist to make the trip from Winnipeg to Winnipeg Beach. There had been numerous failed attempts by other riders prior to Grimm's accomplishment on June 14, 1914.
Sisters Augusta & Adeline Van Buren rode 5,500 miles in 60 days to cross continental United States, each on own Indian motorcycle, ending on 8 Sep 1916. Became 2nd & 3d women to drive motorcycles across entire continent, following Effie Hotchkiss in 1915. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Bur...
A woman dispatch rider of the Royal Air Force on her motorcycle and sidecar outside one of the Duxford hangars c. 1918. (www.iwm.org.uk/collections/... ) and the article in 'Motor Cycling' 07.05.1918 'Training Women Motorcyclists for the Army'.
According to her brother, Pauline bought her motorcycle against her father's wishes, from the motorcycle dealership of Gerrit de Raadt in Kaliasin. This photo of her was taken there with the intention of printing it in the weekly magazine ‘D'Orient’, and also to advertise de Raadt’s business.
On Saturday afternoon 08 June 1929, 22-years-old motorcyclist Pauline Blom from Modjokerto (Indonesia), who wanted to avoid some buffalo on the road, collided with one of the animals; she fell off her motorcycle and was run over by an oncoming car, suffering a serious skull fracture.
