Iron Horse Cowgirls

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Iron Horse Cowgirls

Louise Scherbyn and the Women Motorcyclists of the 1930s and 1940s

Gender studies: women and girls Motorcycles: general interest

Authors: Linda Back McKay, Kate St. Vincent Vogl

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Language: English

Published by: McFarland

Published on: 28th September 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 322 pages

ISBN: 9781476651156


Before Louise Scherbyn founded the Women''s International Motorcycle Association, she was simply a working girl who loved motorcycling--at a time when women weren''t allowed to wear pants, roads weren''t hard-topped, and handlebars could come apart while riding. The hardest part? Auxiliaries she looked to for support each proved to be the wrong fit--some uncomfortably, disastrously so. All Louise wanted was for women riders to have a proper space of their own. For that she would ultimately have to forge a new path.

This book tells the fascinating story of Scherbyn''s journey in forming the first stand-alone women-only motorcycle association. Chapters cover 225,000 miles and two decades'' worth of community-building, hostilities, physical and professional attacks, recovery, sisterhood and more. Scherbyn paved the way for women motorcyclists across the world while facing a storm of threats and uncertainties, driving ahead with newfound friends and her singular, unifying vision for women who ride.

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