On Tuesday evening, June 14, 2022, beginning at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University, there will be a screening of segments of a documentary film, followed by a panel discussion, on the topic “Route 66: The Untold Story of Women on the Mother Road.” This event is free and open to the public. 

This documentary film series explores how women overcame segregation and gender discrimination to
build fulfilling lives for themselves and generations to come on America’s most beloved road. This special event is being held in conjunction with Chix on 66, forty women motorcyclists who are riding the “Mother Road” to Santa Monica, California, making the classic American journey on classic machines. 

This event will pay special attention to important Missourians past and present including the inspiring entrepreneur Alberta Ellis in Springfield who opened up a hotel to serve African American travelers.

Film producer Michelle Kantor will be joined by a panel of experts for a discussion following the film, including Missouri State University Libraries’ Head of Special Collections Anne M. Baker, author and photographer Shellee Graham, and President of the Riveter Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, Karan Andrea.

This event is made possible with support from the Harley Davidson Foundation, the Missouri State University Libraries, the Route 66 Association of Missouri, and Chix on 66.