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May 18, 2017 · Bessie Stringfield, an African-American Bostonian originally from Jamaica, had already earned a title that would be given to her years later: “The Motorcycle Queen.” From 1929 until her death in...
So Who Was Bessie Stringfield? Bessie's Gypsy Touring Begins. Motorcycle Queen of Miami. Bessie's Place in History. Bessie Stringfield's Mysterious Origins. The details of Bessie Stringfield's upbringing are shrouded in mystery. Pretty much the only consistency is that she was born Betsy Ellis.
Aug 23, 2018 · Bessie Stringfield began her cross-country tour by hog at just 19 years old. She flipped a penny onto a map of the country to determine her destination and off she went. By 1930, she became the first African-American woman known to have traveled via motorcycle to all 48 states in the continental United States.
Apr 4, 2018 · She was posthumously inducted into the hall of fame of the American Motorcyclist Association in 2002, nearly a decade after her 1993 death. Hundreds of women...
The life of African-American motorcycling pioneer Bessie Stringfield (1911-1993) seems like the stuff of which legends are made. When the AMA opened the Motorcycle Heritage Museum in 1990, Bessie appeared in the inaugural exhibit on Women in Motorcycling.
Oct 11, 2020 · Carnival audiences in the first half of the 20th century gathered around the Wall of Death to watch the fearless Bessie Stringfield ride her Harley-Davidson up its cylindrical wooden walls....
Apr 3, 2019 · Bessie Stringfield became the first African American woman to ride her motorcycle across the United States solo in 1930. Pic credit: New York Times.
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