Just days after racing at the300 Zatáček Gustava Havla in Hořice — where she qualified 14th — Veronika Hankocyová #53, member of the Wonder Women Racing Team, has been involved in a road traffic accident near Nymburk in the Czech Republic. Please donate or share: gogetfunding.com/veronikas-fi...

Õilme Kaseorg (neé Gustel) was an Estonian motorcyclist and coach. She started motorcycling in 1949 at the "Spartak" motorcycle club, and was 17-time Estonian champion in circuit, racetrack and cross-country racing. #womenriders

A GoFundMe has been set up to help Maria Costello, who was seriously injured in an Isle of Man TT crash during Sidecar qualifying last week. Her condition was described as serious but stable at the time by the TT. gofund.me/2abc8ddf0

Happy Sunday, folks!

Have a lovely weekend, everyone! #womenriders

Maud Watkins of Hobart riding an Indian Scout in the Tasmanian 24h Reliability Trial, 1927. Her achievements in the reliability trials in 1924, 1926 & 1927 were mentioned in the press (snippets from 'The Leader' 02.02.25, 'The Advocate' 16.03.26 'The Daily Telegraph' 20.08.27 attached). #womenriders

Mary Isoline Watson c1938, Marlborough's first lady motorcycle rider. A wandering washer-lady, visiting NZ country farm houses on a motorcycle, with a sidecar carrying an electric washing machine. A dispatch rider in the WWSA. (Photo: Marlborough Museum), Video of Mary: teara.govt.nz/en/video/207...

Lillian Slaughter Heaps, 1913 - she was proclaimed 'Wisconsin’s first woman motorcyclist' according to Harley-Davidson Museum archives.

Adelina Wade, 1910 ('The Motor Cycle' 17.10.1910)

Joe Carstairs, 1941. A power boat racer, and an ambulance driver in WWI, known for her speed, eccentric lifestyle, and gender nonconformity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Car...

Frances Loeb, in a photo taken at National Rally in Rochester, 1922. Member of the Harlem M.C., entered endurance runs in 1910's & 1920's on her 'Indian' with a sidecar & owned a motorcycle garage. #womenriders

Krysia Nowakówna who at the age of fourteen showed her motorcycle skills before the international motorcycle speedway competition in Warsaw, Poland, in October 1949. Her 9-year-old sister Jadzia also took part. #womenriders

THE PERFECT VEHICLE – What It Is About Motorcycles by Melissa Holbrook Pierson adapted for stage by Audrey Devereux in The New Theatre in #Dublin, 24 Mar 26-28 Mar 26. 'Delving into the hidden story of women bikers past and present'. thenewtheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Julia Bachowska, née Budai, pictured here during the first of four motorcycle qualifying rounds for the Polish racing championship, held in Warsaw in May 1951. Born in Hungary, Julia moved with her Polish husband to Poland, where she was taking part in numerous motorcycle events in the 1950s.

Jadwiga Sowińska - the only female competitor at the VIII Rajd Tatrzański, Poland, August 1950.

'Le Sport picard' 14.04.1900: 'Ms. Léa Lemoine is the only woman who has competed—and successfully—in motorcycle races. She was encouraged in this pursuit by a double victory she achieved in the "Women's Championship," organized annually at Longchamp by L'Echo de Paris in 1890. / 1

Margaret Elinor 'Pearl' Kingsborough, later Cody, a despatch rider, 1914.

Hilda Schusterówna and Irena Latasówna in Bielsko Biała 1937. You can see them in this footage - Latasówna with no. 10 and Schusterówna with no. 4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=42MJ...

Could anyone advise on a possible date and uniforms in this photo? It gives similar vibes as the Nurses from Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, starting their rounds by auto-cycle, as pictured here www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo... but I would love to know for sure who these ladies are. Thank you!

Today is the 90th anniversary of the birth of Beryl Swain in Walthamstow on 22 Jan 1936. A motorcycle road racer, she was the first woman solo rider in the Isle of Man TT in 1962. Her life is celebrated in Kirstin Sibley's The Need For Speed 2019 issuu.com/invisiblenum... We hold related ephemera.

Grace New and Elsie Horton were two road scouts employed by the Women’s Automobile and Sports Association in 1929. Their duties were, on top of first aid and breakdown assistance to 'warn girls against the "kerb sheiks" and to aid those in distress'.

Miss T. Coppens, 1922. 'The sports committee of the South Holland motorcycle club informs us of the following results of the Dumonceau Cup race, held on April 15, 16, and 17. (…) Class B amateurs: 1st prize Miss T. Coppens , Hilversum, on HD, 20 penalty points.' 'Haagsche courant' 12-05-1922.

A group of female motorcyclists riding along the Noordwijk boulevard during the "KNMV Women's Ride 1936", and the winner, Mrs. M. van der Lee from Rotterdam.

Norah Everitt, 'Old Crocks' Trial 1930

Lenore Hayes, 1927

Vera Hole AKA 'Sunny Somerset', 1930.

Della Crewe (1884-1926) US motorcyclist. 1914 cross-country trip from Waco Texas to New York City in 1914 on Harley-Davidson 2-speed twin-engine & sidecar. Travelled with Boston Bull Terrier named Trouble "the only trouble I will have with me on this trip" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_C...

A woman at the ACU Trials in Birmingham in March 1923. Possibly Miss Pickering, who was listed as a Velocette rider.

Yvonne Degraine, a well-known swimming champion has entered as an amateur the 200km motorcycle race around Paris in 1919. She said: As my first experience with motorcycles, I took part last Sunday in the "Grande Ceinture" race, driving a Sunbeam sidecar and with Mr. Blauseur as my passenger...

Billie Smith, Sunny Somerset, Jessie Hole and Mrs. Pearson, 1930.

Vera Harding Porter, a New Zealander who in 1933 decided to commence a tour of the world on her motorcycle. She started in Australia, arriving in Sydney and making a trip from there to Adelaide and Melbourne. Despite a little spill in Mildura which left her badly bruised she continued her journey...

Isla Fenton, an architect from Melbourne, who in 1930 decided to travel the world on her motorbike 'to gain experience in her profession'. The journey brought her first to New Zealand where she traversed some of the roughest roads and she took part in a motorcycle trial, enjoying herself immensely.

Hanja Bošković - one of the first female bikers in Croatia. In 1932 the newspaper "Vreme" published an article about Hanja: "Where the fastest woman in Yugoslavia lives", and in the 1990 the national TV interviewed Hanja - this part of the interview includes photos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45L...

Veino Isaacson and Julia Aho, 1828 ('The Milwaukee Leader' 21.07.1928)

Clara Brown of Leamington, England. This photo was probably taken in 1931, when good few newspapers wrote about 'the motorcycle grandma', (Attached: 'The Sun' [Stony Plain, Alberta] 16.04.1931 and 'Nemezti Sport' 02.08.1931)

The participants studying a route map before their departure during a women's race organised by the Royal Dutch Motorcyclists Association in August 1935. The winner, Ms. JP van Hattum (in the second photo) with only 10 penalty points has received a gold armband as a prize.

Rajd Tatrzański, Poland 1954. repozytorium.fn.org.pl?q=pl/node/10...

I see a pattern here...😂 - 'Blanco y Negro' 03.09.1933, 'Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad' 28.08.1935, 'The Washington Post' 26.08.1926, 'The Daily News' (Perth) 03.01.1929

Olga Kevelos, UK metallurgist. #WWII worked in Mills bomb labs & Royal Observatory. 1943-5 one of "Idle Women" working narrowboats on Grand Union Canal working 18 hours a day. 1950 motorcycle trial rider won Gold medal @ International 6-Day Trial. d. #OTD 28 Oct 2009 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Ke...

Lore Keller (Stößer) from Munich, who can be seen in this snapshot with starting number 24, secured victory in the sidecar class up to 350cc in the International Zirler Hillclimb Race on October 11, 1925. She also took part in numerous other motorcycle races in the following years.

Willy Koppen, Dutch motorcycle racer, 1950s 1 of 1st women riding in & winning international motor races. Self taught motor mechanic, rode solo journeys through Europe. Used -)o(- to show motorcycle viewed from above in travelogue. 1st ever emoji? d. #OTD 22 Oct 2002 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_K...

Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery and her daughter Julia Avery, 1914. Their Harley-Davidson was confiscated for war purposes during their trip in Europe. (Photo from Harley-Davidson Museum and the article was published in the 'Motorcycle Illustrated' magazine 20.08.1914)

Božena Helásková from Prague, who travelled on her small ČZ through Baltic countries and Poland to Liinahamari, crossing the Arctic Circle. She covered 7500km in 25 days (300km per day). She also toured Alps. ČZ motorcycle company used her as a brand ambassador in their advertisement in 1937-1939.

Ilse Thouret, who rose to become Germany's best female motorcycle racer in the 1930s. She collected over 100 trophies, medals, and awards during her career. After her first ride on a 750cc Mabeco in 1927, she became a factory rider for Puch in 1933.

A 1917 Douglas advertisement, and an article on Rose Fletcher (nee Hammett), an avid Douglas rider: archive.org/details/moto...

“Known as the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, Bessie Stringfield started riding when she was 16. She was the first African-American woman to travel cross-country solo, and she did it at age 19 in 1929, riding a 1928 Indian Scout." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_...

Sadie Grimm: First Canadian Woman Motorcycle Medalist. In 1913/14, the Manitoba Motorcycle Club offered a medal to the first motorcyclist to make the trip from Winnipeg to Winnipeg Beach. There had been numerous failed attempts by other riders prior to Grimm's accomplishment on June 14, 1914.

Sisters Augusta & Adeline Van Buren rode 5,500 miles in 60 days to cross continental United States, each on own Indian motorcycle, ending on 8 Sep 1916. Became 2nd & 3d women to drive motorcycles across entire continent, following Effie Hotchkiss in 1915. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Bur...

Motociclismo femenino, 1954. Archivo General de la Nación Argentina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89V...

Photos of Fay Taylour in the New Zealand National Library: natlib.govt.nz/items?i%5Bta...