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Bessie Stringfield (born Betsy Beatrice White; 1911 or 1912 – February 16, 1993), also known as the "Motorcycle Queen of Miami", was an American motorcyclist who was the first African-American woman to ride across the United States solo, and was one of the few civilian motorcycle dispatch riders for the US Army during World War II.
Gloria Carter Spann (née Carter; October 22, 1926 – March 5, 1990) was an American motorcyclist and activist. Spann was a sister of the 39th president of the United States , Jimmy Carter . She was noted as one of the first women inducted into Harley-Davidson ’s 100,000 Mile Club, was named Most Outstanding Female Motorcyclist in 1978 and ...
Pioneer female motorcyclist and racer Clara Marian Wagner (11 November 1891 – 30 December 1961) was one of the first documented woman motorcyclists , who became notable as an endurance racer and was sponsored by the Eclipse Machine Co., a bicycle company, for using its braking products.
In 2002, the sisters were inducted into the AMA's Motorcycle Hall of Fame and into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame during 2003. [ citation needed ] In 2006 Bob Van Buren, great-nephew of the sisters, and his wife, Rhonda Van Buren, retraced the route taken by Gussie and Addie on a Harley-Davidson Low Rider from New York City to San ...
Agnes Muriel Hind was born on 27 May in Dorset in 1882, but orphaned at seven years of age. Known as Muriel, she and her brother were raised by relatives in Swanage.She enjoyed playing hockey and became interested in bicycling in the 1890s but reported in 1904 that she found it "too slow" now.
McGee was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2018. Her life story was the subject of the ESPN short film "Motorcycle Mary," which was released on ESPN's YouTube channel on Thursday.
Costello riding a BMW S1000RR at the 2016 Oldtimer Grand Prix in Schwanenstadt, Austria. Maria Costello MBE (born 9 June 1973, Northampton, England) from Spratton in Northamptonshire, [1] is a British motorcycle racer who held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest woman to lap the Isle of Man TT course at an average speed of 114.73 mph until Jenny Tinmouth took the record at the 2009 TT.
Zenith Irfan resting on her motorbike. Zenith Irfan (زینت عرفان) is the first Pakistani female motorcyclist to ride across Pakistan. [1] Her father dreamt of traveling around the world on his motorbike, but when he died young at age 34, Zenith decided to fulfill his dream. [2] "