May 3, 1959: Bob East/Miami Herald Staff
From the Miami Herald, FlashBack Miami series, “Policewomen Keep Ticketin’, Women Drivers Keep Cussin’. These are Miami’s Meter Maids — Lined up and ready to go. From left: Georgia Genzos, Ruth Siegel, Susan Rinlanz and Frances Lechleitner.”
Photo circa 1959
5/1/1959: Bob East/Miami Herald Staff
“The girls really took to it with a passion — this poor guy parked on Biscayne Boulevard with the red flag upon his meter got caught by Ruth Siegel, Georgia Ganzos, Frances Lechleitner, and Susan Rimland; but only for the picture.”
During World War II, especially the 1940s, many women entered the American workforce that probably would never have been able to do so were it not for most of the men having left to fight. This paved the way for women in the 50s to more permanently enter the workforce, like the Miami motorcycle Meter Maids! Go ladies, go!
I’m so excited to announce the project that I’ve been working on for two years… a book all about badass motorcycling women! In the MotoLady’s Book of Women Who Ride you’ll meet 74 of the most influencial motorcyclists of the last century. Motorcycle heroes, trailblazers, and record-breakers like Jessi Combs, Shayna Texter, Laia Sanz, Gloria Tramontin-Struck, the Van Buren sisters, and more can be found inside the 184 pages of this hard cover book celebrating motorcycling women!
Posted on December 20, 2014 in History, MotoLadies by Alicia Mariah Elfving