Alice Huyler Ramsey (1887 – 1983) was the first woman to drive across the United States from coast to coast. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Ramsey graduated from Vassar College in 1907. Vassar College is a private Coeducational, liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. On June 9, 1909, the 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey began a 3,800 mile journey from Hell's Gate in Manhattan, New York to San Francisco, California in a green Maxwell 30. Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and the county seat of Bergen Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Maxwell was a brand of Automobiles manufactured in the United States of America from about 1904 to 1925 On her fifty-nine day trek she was accompanied by two older sisters-in-law and another female friend, none of whom could drive a car. They arrived amid great fanfare on August 10. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire
In later years, she lived in Covina, California, where in 1961 she wrote and published the story of her journey, Veil, Duster, and Tire Iron. Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California about 22 miles (35 km east of downtown Los Angeles. Between 1909 and 1975, Ramsey drove across the country more than 30 times. On October 17, 2000, she became the first woman inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Automotive Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for notable figures in the development of the Automobile industry
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"Good driving has nothing to do with sex. It’s all above the collar. " (Ms. Magazine February 1975 p 17). Ms is an American feminist magazine co-founded by American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem and founding
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