Category: HERitage

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The Diamond Jubilee History Book Like WIMA, the Diamond Jubilee History Book was not created in a flash. The book is the result of: 💌  Countless emails, translations and proofreading. 💪  An international team of WIMA sisters working together. The book contains: 🌍  Information from the historical archive and all WIMA divisions. 🖋️  Memories from…

Songs have been sung at the WIMA rallies since the early days: Some were written originally for WIMA, some adapted and/or translated. While some songs have had a recurring presence, others have just been temporary, for example as a performance at the Trash Night. As Frances Popley writes in the original history booklet: “No account…

The Ellen Pfeiffer award was discussed at several international presidents’ meetings. At the 2003 international rally in Dorset, Great Britain, it was voted to give the award for the first time in 2004. The award was established to honour WIMA members for their outstanding contributions to WIMA, women and motorcycling. Members of a WIMA division…

From 1950 to the present day We aim here to highlight some aspects of the early days in WIMA and to juxtapose them with our current organisation to give a contemporary context. The purpose is to give you an overview and help you navigate through the webpage with the help of links to the different…

Information is now widely available about Louise Scherbyn and Theresa Wallach, but we feel that Frances Popley’s account of these two remarkable women in the 1980 history stands the test of time very well. Much of her information came from personal letters from Louise and Theresa written at the time, especially for the history. So,…

This is an award that can be given to individuals who are not WIMA members. This award is described in our constitution but prior to 2020 it had never been awarded to anyone. We were many who got involved in the Women Riders World Relay and saw how the women riders’ community benefited globally by…