In 1916, Florence Norman, a suffragette in London, used a motorised scooter known as a Autoped

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May 16, 2021
In 1916, Florence Norman, a suffragette in London, used a motorised scooter known as a Autoped #womsart



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Aida de Acosta, a Cuban-American, was the first woman to fly a powered aircraft by herself. In 1903, while in Paris with her mother, she caught her first glimpse of dirigibles. She proceeded to take 3 flight lessons, and took to the sky by herself.
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1. Autoped Girl by Everett Shinn, in Puck, 1916

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2. Never knew about either! Thanks : )

[Hekate]

3. Very cool! Love these stories about independent women...

Here’s a book I found at Gutenberg.org: The Woman and the Car, by Dorothy Levitt — 1909.

She explains everything a woman would need to know about how to operate and fix a car by herself when motoring alone through the English countryside. She also raced.

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4. Cool!

[rgbecker]

5. On the other hand, there was my Grandmother.

Born 1891, died 1984. Never learned to drive. Never took work outside of home. Raised 6 kids. My grandfather made $295/mo in the 50s right before retiring from his 50 years of teaching school. I never heard my grandmother say one thing about politics, ever.