Grace and Grit

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From 1910 to 1916, women were not deterred from pursuing and achieving their dreams of traveling across America and exploring the world around them in spite of daunting physical and social roadblocks. This book is the first to tell the stories of five daring women and their women companions as they crossed the country before their were good roads, gas stations, repair shops, or easy communications. Maps of the their motorcycle routes included. Blanche Stuart Scott, Della Crew, Effie and Avis Hotchkiss, Adeline and Augusta Van Buren, Rachel Foster Avery are the adventuring motorcyclists -- 1910- 1916.