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A unique motorcycle convention will roll into central Ohio this week
In the early ‘40s, women who rode motorcycles drew disapproving stares and discrimination, including exclusion from competitions. After all, it wasn’t “ladylike.” The founding of the Motor Maids can be credited with helping knock down those barriers. The …