Linda Back McKay, Kate St. Vincent Vogl

Iron Horse Cowgirls

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781476669465
• ISBN-10: 1476669465
• Artikelnr.: 69129687

Autorenporträt

The late Linda Back McKay was a poet, writer, coach, and teaching artist. Her work appeared in literary publications such as Great River Review, Water~Stone Review, and White Pelican Review. She taught at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Author's Note: Riding (and Writing) Through Fear-Linda Back McKay Preface and Acknowledgments-Kate St. Vincent Vogl Part I: Zero to Sixty
1.
The Call to Ride
2.
Driving Through Applesauce: 1932
3.
Caution Flags: 1933-1934
4.
First Runs, First Tour, First Problems, Fast Girls: 1935
5.
Building Community: 1936
6.
Four Points: 1937 Part II: Crossing the Wide Waters
7.
Changing Gears: 1938
8.
Pals Forever: 1939
9.
Who Wins, Who Plays the Game: 1940 10.
Hostilities: 1941 11.
Standing Ready: 1942-1943 12.
Fighting Chance: 1944-1945 13.
Recovery: 1946-1948 14.
A Sisterhood Found: 1949 to WIMA Epilogue: The End of the Road Marks a Beginning Bibliography Index