Iron Horse Cowgirls: Louise Scherbyn and the Women Motorcyclists of the 1930s and 1940s

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.

Author: Linda Back McKay
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 09/14/2023
Pages: 322
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.76h x 6.69w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781476669465
ISBN10: 1476669465
BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Motorcycles | History
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Biography & Autobiography | General