{"product_id":"iron-horse-cowgirls-louise-scherbyn-and-the-women-motorcyclists-of-the-1930s-and-1940s-9781476669465","title":"Iron Horse Cowgirls: Louise Scherbyn and the Women Motorcyclists of the 1930s and 1940s","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 could come apart while riding. The hardest part? Auxiliaries she looked to for support each proved to be the wrong fit--some uncomfortably, disastrously so. All Louise wanted was for women riders to have a proper space of their own. For that she would ultimately have to forge a new path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book tells the fascinating story of Scherbyn's journey in forming the first stand-alone women-only motorcycle association. Chapters cover 225,000 miles and two decades' worth of community-building, hostilities, physical and professional attacks, recovery, sisterhood and more. Scherbyn paved the way for women motorcyclists across the world while facing a storm of threats and uncertainties, driving ahead with newfound friends and her singular, unifying vision for women who ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eLinda Back McKay\u003c\/b\u003e was a poet, writer, coach, and teaching artist. Her work appeared in literary publications such as \u003ci\u003eGreat River Review, Water Stone Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhite Pelican Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She taught at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate St. Vincent Vogl\u003c\/b\u003e's essays appear in best-selling anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eWhy We Ride\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eListen to Your Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488095768850,"sku":"9781476669465","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebf9026f-629b-4103-b3ae-a792f2272db7.jpg?v=1730467560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/iron-horse-cowgirls-louise-scherbyn-and-the-women-motorcyclists-of-the-1930s-and-1940s-9781476669465","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}