Seven women set out in the very first Dakar Rally 47 years ago. These French women were formidable racers in a sea of testosterone in the inaugural Paris-Dakar Rally.
Daring Dames: The First Women Who Raced in the Dakar Rally
Female engineer Janet Petra Bonnema on a motorcycle in Colorado, 1972. She was banned from a construction site because of superstitions.
Posted on March 2, 2011 in Motorcycles by Alicia Mariah Elfving