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Motor girls : how women took the wheel and drove boldly into the twentieth century / Sue Macy ; foreword by Danica Patrick.
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- Author(s): Macy, Sue
- Language:
English- Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]- Publication Date:
2017- Physical Description:
96 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm- Publication Type:
Book- Document Type:
Bibliographies; Filmographies; Fiction- Subject Terms:
- Availability: 6 Holdings
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- Additional Information
- Abstract: Summary: "The automobile has always symbolized freedom, and in this book we meet the first generation of female motorists who drove cars for fun, profit, and to make a statement about the evolving role of women. From the advent of the auto in the 1890s to the 1920s when the breaking down of barriers for women was in full swing, readers will ... see historical photos, art, and artifacts and ... discover the many ways these progressive females influenced fashion, the economy, politics, and the world around them."--Publisher's website.
- Content Notes: America, meet the motor car -- Motoring laws -- The time of her life -- Mind your manners -- Going the distance -- The well-dressed motorist -- The need for speed -- Road reads -- Driving for liberty -- Motoring milestones -- Epilogue: bumpy roads -- Appendix: shifting gears.
- Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of "ten silent films featuring heroines and their cars": page [89].
NC1250L Lexile
1 2 3 5 19 20 - ISBN: 9781426326974 :
9781426326981 (lib. bdg.) - Accession Number: 2016027123
- Accession Number: 951613762
- Accession Number: ccp.1010381
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- Call Number: 629.283 MACY
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