If daring and determined were a person, they might resemble the spirit of Black travel history maker Bessie Stringfield. In 1930, the self-taught motorcyclist became the first African American woman ...
SHE Rides has been a personal passion project of mine since 2017. I've traveled coast to coast and cities in between meeting and photographing wonderful women who ride motorcycles. Mothers, ...
It’s hard to say if Bessie Stringfield went wherever the wind told her or if she made the wind bend to her will. Known as the “Motorcycle Queen of Miami,” Stringfield was the first Black woman to ride ...
DAYTONA BEACH — When Carolyn “Cricket” Lapins first rode from her home in Marquette, Michigan, to Bike Week on her motorcycle in 1987, she was a rarity. “The people I rode with were mostly men,” said ...