Kate Moore Brown, Dared to Ride
Kate Moore Brown, Se Atrevio a Andar

Kate Moore Brown, Dared to Ride

Kate Moore was a daring cyclist who caused a lot of raised eyebrows in El Paso, Texas, when she became the city's first female bike rider. Even with her long skirts and leggins, she shocked the town gossips as she cycled all over town. she even rode the bike to work when she became a public school music teacher. She was a member of the first El Paso High School graduating class in 1887. The other graduate was George Prentiss Robinson.

Area: Central / El Paso High

Source: Eva Ross

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

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Jolly Bachelor Girls Club picture in "Persons Prominent in Old El Paso Affairs," El Paso Times, 11.6.1938

March is Women's History Month. In a book about Woman's Club in El Paso there is an entire chapter about her achievements. See ISBN 0-87404-061-2 p. 117.

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