It’s hard to say if Bessie Stringfield went wherever the wind told her or if she made the wind bend to her will. Known as the “Motorcycle Queen of Miami,” Stringfield was the first Black woman to ride ...
If daring and determined were a person, they might resemble the spirit of Black travel history maker Bessie Stringfield. In 1930, the self-taught motorcyclist became the first African American woman ...
LACONIA, N.H. – The first time Jennifer Anderson drove a motorcycle, she was terrified. As she gazed at the windy road down a steep hill in Denver astride a borrowed Harley, Anderson was on the verge ...
SHE Rides has been a personal passion project of mine since 2017. I've traveled coast to coast and cities in between meeting and photographing wonderful women who ride motorcycles. Mothers, ...
DAYTONA BEACH — When Carolyn “Cricket” Lapins first rode from her home in Marquette, Michigan, to Bike Week on her motorcycle in 1987, she was a rarity. “The people I rode with were mostly men,” said ...
They don’t wear large back patches. They don’t have a president. They don’t even call themselves a motorcycle club. But branches of The Litas, a Salt Lake City-founded motorcycle collective for women ...
In the early ‘40s, women who rode motorcycles drew disapproving stares and discrimination, including exclusion from competitions. After all, it wasn’t “ladylike.” The founding of the Motor Maids can ...
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The Wrath Women’s Motorcycling Group is gearing up for an event for the whole family with games, food, and more. all to support local charities. Wrath is a group of women ...