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In a time when women were not considered equal to men, these ladies had the tenacity and courage of proving themselves to the world and shatter the existing preconceptions. That meant Kleid became both the first and the second woman to hold an AMA pro license. Kleid obviously filed a lawsuit, but a new license was issued before that case went to court. It appears that AMA thought that 'Kerry' was the name of a male racer. She received her license, only to have it revoked when she showed up at her local New York track. Kleid applied for an AMA license to enter an all-male competition. The 21-year-old motocrosser progressed from Novice to Expert in a year. She became the first woman who broke down the doors of AMA pro licensing for all women, obtaining an AMA professional racing license in the early 1970s. "Why not unite as a body in exchanging ideas and opinions, problems and advice?”īessie Stringfield - founder of the Iron Horse Motorcycle Club "I believed there should be a world wide organization for all women motorcyclists," she said in a magazine interview in 1952. Scherbyn was reportedly the first American woman to reach the far north, Timagami Forest of Canada.įurthermore, Louise was active in many motoring clubs including the AMA, the Canadian Motorcycle Association and the British Pathfinders Club, and was an associate editor of one of America's leading motorcycle publications.īy the 1950s she helped found the Women’s International Motorcycle Association, an organization that still exists today, in an effort to unite women riders worldwide.

Scherbyn got to enjoy riding that much that she traveled extensively all over the USA and Canada. Though at first she was concerned about the effect riding would have on her reputation, she soon became the proud possessor of a 1932 Indian Scout motorcycle. In the 1930s, after a decade as a passenger on motorcycles and in sidecars, Louise Scherbyn decided to learn by herself to ride.