she didn't need a map, she needed everyone to stop asking if she was lost
In 1973 this woman rode a motorcycle around the world solo
In 1973, French journalist Anne-France Dautheville became the first known woman to ride a motorcycle around the world alone, covering over 20,000 miles across three continents on a 125cc Kawasaki. Born in Paris in 1944, she took up riding in the late 1960s and said she wanted to escape a conventional life in the city. She kept riding and writing about solo female travel for decades, and is now in her 80s, still publishing books and appearing at literary events.
Source: In 1973 this woman rode a motorcycle around the world solo — BoingBoing
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