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Winifred Wells. Winifred Wells was a courtier at the Stuart Restoration court as a Maid of Honour to Queen consort Catherine of Braganza. She was also one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England. [1] Samuel Pepys refers to her as the King's mistress in his diary, and she also features in Philibert de Gramont 's famous ...
3 giu 2021 · Esperienze Storie Womenonbike. Storie di donne: Winifred Wells. Daniela Bresciani. 3 Giugno 2021. Winifred Wells decide di combattere il “tipico sciovinismo maschile” del motociclismo australiano. A 22 anni, nel 1950, intraprende in moto una serie di epiche avventure transcontinentali.
Vivacious 22-year-old Winifred Wells "had two characteristics uncommon amongst her sex". She liked to be alone and she loved to ride motorcycles. The daughter of a furniture manufacturer GF Wells, had been a motorcycle addict for many years, following in the steps of her father.
9 mar 2020 · Pioneering motorcyclist: The amazing adventures of Winifred Wells - Fraser Addecott - Mirror Online. Welcome: Winnie arrives back in Perth. opinion. By. Fraser Addecott. 18:32, 9 Mar 2020. |....
30 ago 2019 · Winifred Wells: Our First Lady. Rider Profile. August 30, 2019 Feature, Riders. Ready for the big trip: Winifred Wells outside her Perth home on Boxing Day, 1951. Solo back-to-back transcontinental rides put Winifred Wells on the map but her full circuit of Australia confirmed her eminence among our moto pioneers.
Winifred Wells, Australian Motorcycling Pioneer. 5,504 miles, from Perth to Sydney and back, on a 350 Bullet. With this expedition, Winifred ‘Winnie’ Wells became the first woman to ride from one side of the Australian continent to another.
St Winefride's Well ( Welsh: Ffynnon Wenffrewi) is a holy well and national shrine located in the Welsh town of Holywell in Flintshire. The patron saint of the well, St Winefride, was a 7th-century Catholic martyr who according to legend was decapitated by a lustful prince and then miraculously restored to life.
