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Ebell Society, founded in 1876 in Oakland as the International Academy for the Advancement of Women. The club's purpose was the advancement of women in cultural, industrial and intellectual pursuits. Francisca Club, private women's club in San Francisco; Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, founded 1891. Its second clubhouse building, built in ...
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.
Motor Maids is a women's motorcycle club in North America with over 1,300 members from the United States and Canada. Established in 1940, Motor Maids was one of the first women's motorcycle groups and has been called the oldest existing women's club in the United States. [ 1 ]
Six men vied for dates with three unseen women by having conversations with them, in a show similar to the future The Dating Game.The men, who were typically either servicemen or college students, were known as the "Hunters" and tried to win a date with the women, known as the "Hunted," for an expense-paid date on the town, which included an invitation to a popular local nightclub.
In contrast to the hot rod racing popular in the US, this new series uses unmodified "stock cars". The series quickly becomes popular throughout the country. The Sports Car Club of America is founded; Oldsmobile introduces the 88, later to become competitive in racing and the subject of the famous rock and roll song Rocket 88
No woman had raced NASCAR in a decade when Janet Guthrie started the 1976 World 600, [7] finishing 15th, ahead of Dale Earnhardt. [8] In 1977, Janet Guthrie would become the first woman to lead a Winston Cup Series race under caution, at Ontario Speedway. In 1986, Patty Moise would become the first woman to lead in a Busch Series race. [9]
Ferko left the Fralinger pharmacy in 1921 to open his own establishment. He led the "North Philadelphia String Band" for the 1922 parade, but later that year founded his own band, [1] co-founded by Walter Butterworth and Charles Keegan. [4] Ferko first won the string-band division in 1927 with an entry entitled "Cards."
Bands from Los Angeles and Seattle performed not only in California, Oregon, and Washington, but also in Arizona, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. The Glenn Henry Orchestra, which got its first big break playing summers at Yellowstone Park from 1935 to 1940, became a popular West Coast territory band. There were military ...