The Woman and the Car
Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Automobile driving |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Automobile driving |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 101 |
Release | : 2014-07-10 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1783660252 |
The Woman and the Car is a faithfully reproduced, quirky classic from the dawn of motoring – and testament to womankind's perennial claim on the steering wheel! Take a spin through a time – 1909, to be precise – when no right-thinking lady would consider solo motoring without her revolver, and when the installation of a secret compartment for powder-puff was de rigeur. In the vintage driver's seat of this 'chatty little handbook' is record-breaking Edwardian motoriste Dorothy Levitt, exhorting the budding 'lady driver' to approach the newfangled contraption without fear and reassuring those who believed it was 'impossible to look anything but hideous when in an automobile.'
Author | : Richard Marsh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : English fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 2014-07-10 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1783660244 |
The Woman and the Car is a faithfully reproduced, quirky classic from the dawn of motoring – and testament to womankind's perennial claim on the steering wheel! Take a spin through a time – 1909, to be precise – when no right-thinking lady would consider solo motoring without her revolver, and when the installation of a secret compartment for powder-puff was de rigeur. In the vintage driver's seat of this 'chatty little handbook' is record-breaking Edwardian motoriste Dorothy Levitt, exhorting the budding 'lady driver' to approach the newfangled contraption without fear and reassuring those who believed it was 'impossible to look anything but hideous when in an automobile.'
Author | : Richard Marsh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Katherine J. Parkin |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812249534 |
Women at the Wheel explores women's historical experience with automobiles. Katherine Parkin argues that in every regard, from learning to drive to repairing cars, from being a passenger to taking the wheel, women had a distinct experience with cars in American culture.
Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781293834909 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author | : Dorothy Levitt |
Publisher | : Echo Library |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2019-04-09 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781406892246 |
A Chatty Little Handbook for All Women who Motor or who Want to Motor. First published in 1909. Illustrated with photographs of the author demonstrating topics outlined in the text specially taken for the book by Horace Nicholls. Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt, born Elizabeth Levi, (1882-1922) was the first British woman racing driver, holder of the world's first water speed record, the women's world land speed record holder, and an author. She was a pioneer of female independence, a leading exponent of woman's "right to motor", and taught Queen Alexandra and the Royal Princesses how to drive. From 1903-08 she wrote a motoring column for The Graphic, an illustrated weekly newspaper, and these articles form the basis of her book which offers a wealth of advice on subjects including technical matters, motor manners, and recommended motoring dress. She recommends that women should carry a small hand mirror to allow them to occasionally see behind while driving, thus pioneering the rear-view mirror before it was introduced by manufacturers in 1914, and she also advised women travelling alone to carry a handgun.
Author | : Curt McConnell |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2000-09-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780786409709 |
The audacity of driving a horseless carriage from coast to coast in the early years of the 20th century is hard to imagine in an age of superhighways and global positioning systems. Roads might be nothing more than muddy ruts made by wagon wheels; sources of gasoline or replacement parts were few and agonizingly far between; frequent repairs and tire changes were necessary; and the traveler was subject to the whole range of nature's perils and discomforts. For a woman to attempt the trip was, at the time, a jaw-dropping event. Yet in 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey and three female companions piled into a Maxwell in New York City, and 59 days later they triumphantly rolled into San Francisco. A few years later silent film star Anita King would become the first woman to make the transcontinental drive solo. These and other early coast-to-coast drives proved women's growing independence, as well as the automobile's long-distance viability. Detailed accounts of five coast-to-coast drives make up this lively history. Drawing from plentiful contemporary newspaper reports and the women's own words, author Curt McConnell recounts the bold adventurers' experiences day by day and mile by mile.