Beatrice Shilling
Beatrice Shilling was a multi-talented British woman who excelled in aeronautical engineering, motorcycle racing, and sports car competitions.
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Carol Mary Langton King
1900s British racecar driver
Elspeth Beard
The first British woman to ride a motorcycle around the world in 1982-84.
Dorothy Levitt
Dubbed ‘the Fastest Girl on Earth’, Dorothy Levitt was an early motorist who competed in speed trials and long distance races, setting the Ladies World Speed record in the Brighton Speed Trials of 1905, by driving her Napier racing car at 79.75 mph.
Bessie Stringfield
“The Motorcycle Queen of Miami” Bessie Stringfield loved riding so much that she would drop a penny on a map and ride to wherever it landed.
Fay Taylour
For a period in the 1920s Fay Taylour dominated motorcycle racing in both Europe and Australia, gaining fame not as a woman-racer but as one who competed and won at all levels on three continents against both men and women. Despite her successes in that area, her fascist politics tend to dominate her legacy.
Letitia Overend
Irish philanthropist and motor enthusiast
Naomi Letham Overend
Irish philanthropist and motor enthusiast