Dorothy “Dot” Smith of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club on her 1939 Harley-Davidson EL 1940
Courtesy A.M.A. Archives and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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from left to right Jackie Varney, Rene King, Edi Lynn, and two unidentified women;
Winners of the Girls’ Slow Race c. 1946
Courtesy of Norman Speirs Photography and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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Bessie Stringfield, “The Motorcycle Queen of Miami,”
and her Harley-Davidson “Panhead” c. late 1960s
photo by Johnson of Miami
Courtesy of Bessie Stringfield Collection and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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Florence Emde on her 1937 Harley-Davidson VL 1937
Courtesy of Don Emde and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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“First Lady of Motorcycling” Dorothy “Dot” Robinson on her 1937 Harley-Davidson ’45 1937
Courtesy of Betty Robinson Fauls and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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Linda Dugeau, co-founder of the Motor Maids, on her 1937 Indian Junior Scout 1937
Courtesy of the Motor Maids and
Cris Sommer Simmons, The American Motorcycle Girls
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