Pancho Barnes “Fastest Woman on Earth”
A selection from Sherman Library will inspire this month’s exciting read. In honor of Women’s History Month, we recommend Lauren Kessler’s The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes (New York: Random House, 2000). Florence “Pancho” Barnes (1901-1975) remains one of the greatest 20th century American female characters. She was a… Read More »