Adeline and Augusta VanBuren: first women to make the transcontinental journey on two solo motorcycles.

4x4x4doors

Adventurist
Adeline and Augusta VanBuren

1916 cross-country ride proved to the U.S. military that women were fit to serve as dispatch riders.
Were the first women to make the transcontinental journey on two solo motorcycles.



vanburenhead.jpg

Pioneering women motorcyclists Augusta and Adeline Van Buren rode coast to coast on Indian Power Plus motorcycles in 1916, becoming the first women to ride motorized vehicles to the summit of Pikes Peak along the way. Part of their mission was to convince the military that women were fit to serve as dispatch riders. And although they did not achieve that goal, they clearly proved that women were capable of far more than society generally allowed them in that era.


http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/hal...&rblFname=S&txtLname=&rblLname=S&discipline=0
 
Back
Top Bottom