Florence Blenkiron 1st woman to reach 100mph on motorcycle @ Brooklands race track. 1934-5 (w. Theresa Wallach) 1st people to cross Sahara by motorcycle & sidecar making return journey on her own. #WWII served with #ATS UK Women's Engineering Society member. d. #OTD 4 Mar 1991 Florence Blenkiron sat on her bike at London send off for Sahara trip. #WHM26 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Blenkiron