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  2. Clara Wagner - Wikipedia

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    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. Wagner motorcycle, 1911 model

  3. Avis and Effie Hotchkiss - Wikipedia

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    She had an ambition to become the first woman to cross the United States on a motorcycle, and decided to visit the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Age 26, on May 2, 1915, she set out with her mother Avis (age 56) in the sidecar, [ 4 ] who noted, "I do not fear breakdowns for Effie, being a most careful driver, is a ...

  4. Marjorie Cottle - Wikipedia

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    Marjorie wrote articles for various publications extolling the benefits of motorcycling and how to look smart whilst doing it. She wrote about how women riders are finding motorcycling is healthy and good for the complexion. [25] She described herself as a fanatic about women motorcyclist doing themselves justice.

  5. Van Buren sisters - Wikipedia

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    In so doing, they became the first women to ever ride solo motorcycles across the entire US continent, and the second and third women to drive motorcycles across the continent, following Effie Hotchkiss, who had completed a Brooklyn-to-San Francisco route the year before with her mother, Avis, who took part as a sidecar passenger. [2]

  6. Bessie Stringfield - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Theresa Wallach - Wikipedia

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    In 1973 she sold her shop and moved to Phoenix, Arizona where she opened the 'Easy Riding Academy'. In addition to her riding school Wallach was heavily involved in the formation and running of the Women's International Motorcycle Association. She served as WIMA's first Vice President, [15] and was active in the association until her death ...

  8. Mary McGee - Wikipedia

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    First person and only woman to ride the Baja 500 solo (1975) [13] AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee (2018) Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee (2023) [14] In August 2012, the AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference asked McGee to be the guest speaker. [15] On December 2, 2012, McGee was given the distinguished honor of being ...

  9. Vivian Bales - Wikipedia

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    Bales became the first motorcycle magazine cover girl on the May and November 1929 editions, and her journeys were well documented in the December 1929 issue and by local papers all over the USA. She later became a stunt rider at motorcycle races in Tallahassee, Florida. At her 23 December 2001 funeral, aged 92, she was honored by a procession ...

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