She was a school teacher near Columbus, OH. Rather than marry shecare d for brother Joseph and sister Cynthia. When they died, sheinherited t heir share of the home estate.
She moved to Oakland, CA and the Danville, IL newspaper carried anarti cle on her:
"The Pacific coast has an 80-year-old bicyclist in Miss ChristinaYates . She is a scorcher.....she can be seen almost any day goingout for e xercise. She gave an exhibition of riding recently inJefferson park, O akland, in the presence of a number of people. Theway she sailed arou nd the paths and cut the figure eight with thewheel was a revelation t o a few young damsels who had been inclinedto make some fun of the age d cycler.
But Miss Yates does not fear the smiles of the younger members ofh er sex. On the contrary, she enjoys attracting some attention, andis p lesed to be recognized as the champion old lady rider.
Mis Yates does not like bloomers. She does not believe they arej ust the proper thing and so refuses to wear them. Experience hastaugh t her, she says, that a light dress skirt does very well."
And the article continues for several paragraphs.
She died at the home of niece, Cass Dearuff.
She requested that her ashes be scattered on the nearest body offlowi ng water, which was the Mississippi at St. Louis, MO.
