Education
Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, she was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls.
Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, she was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls.
Kevelos was one of the women who during the Second World War were recruited from 1943 to 1945 to work narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal between Birmingham and London. The women wore badges with the initials "Isle of Wight" for "Inland Waterways". As a result, male narrowboatmen gave them the pejorative nickname "Idle Women".
After the Second World War Kevelos moved to King"s Sutton in Northamptonshire.
She was to ride with varying degrees of success in every Scottish Six Days Trial until she finally retired from the sport in 1970, and in every International Six-Day Trial until 1966. During her competition career she secured support from almost every major British motorcycle manufacturer, and from the Italian and Czechoslovakian manufacturers Parilla and Jawa.
In 1978 she participated in British Broadcasting Corporation’s Mastermind as a historical specialist on Genghis Khan. Her expertise on the Mongolian Emperor was also a topic of interest for former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who supposedly picked her brain about the topic.
She later joked, “He probably wanted a few tips on how to invade other people’s countries successfully”.