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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 didn't always remain attached while riding. After being forced out of every motorcycle auxiliary she joined, Louise realized and embraced her new lifelong mission. This book tells the fascinating story of Scherbyn's journey and her single, unifying vision for a women-only motorcycle association. Chapters cover 225,000 miles and two decades' worth of community-building, hostilities, physical and professional attacks, recovery, sisterhood and much more. Scherbyn paved the way for women motorcyclists across the world, riding into a storm of threats, uncertainties and newfound friends with a single, unifying vision for women who ride.

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"Brilliant…This is one book I look forward to reading again.""—Cristine Sommer Simmons, three time motorcycle hall of fame inductee, author of The American Motorcycle Girls 1900-1950 ""An engrossing tale…a poignant and multi-dimensional narrative; a carefully written, richly detailed account of one woman's vision to create a more equitable and inclusive future for all women motorcyclists.""—Sheila Malone, PhD, editor, International Journal of Motorcycle Studies ""In taking up the mantle of co-author Linda Back McKay's final research project, poring through the treasure trove of Scherbyn's photos and correspondence, and crafting a breezy, conversational narrative, Vogl takes readers along for the ride as Scherbyn and her fellow female 'citizen riders' carve space for themselves in the male-dominated world of motorcycling … Imagine Louise Scherbyn's pleasure at seeing her story captured so beautifully.""—Kim Heikkila, Ph.D., author of Booth Girls: Pregnancy, Adoption, and the Secrets We Kept and Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam"

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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. Kate St. Vincent Vogl's essays appear in best-selling anthologies such as Why We Rid and Listen to Your Mother, and her fiction has received support from the Minnesota State Arts Board and from the Anderson Center. She teaches at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

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