Avis and Effie Hotchkiss

Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, Salt Lake City, 1915
At Pacific Ocean, 1915

Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, mother and daughter from Brooklyn, New York, were pioneering motorcyclists. In 1915, they completed a 9,000-mile (14,000 km)[1] round trip ride from New York to San Francisco and back on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle-sidecar combination.[2] In so doing they became the first transcontinental female motorcyclists.[2][3][4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Mullins, p. 18
  2. 1 2 Harley-Davidson Museum
  3. ↑ Miller, p. 186
  4. ↑ American Motorcyclist, 2006

References

  • "Trailblazers in Women's Motorcycle Riding -- Avis and Effie Hotchkiss", Harley-Davidson museum online, Harley-Davidson, retrieved 2012-06-18
  • Miller, Ernestine G. (2002), Making her mark: firsts and milestones in women's sports, McGraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 9780071390538
  • Mullins, Sasha (2003), Bikerlady: living & riding free!, Citadel Press, ISBN 9780806525198
  • "True Pioneers", American Motorcyclist, June 2006
  • "Brooklyn Girl Plans Long Motorcycle Trip", Orange County Times-Press, Middletown, New York, April 23, 1915
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