The woman and the car : a chatty little handbook for all women who motor or…
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"The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for all Women Who Motor or Who Want to Motor" by Dorothy Levitt is a handbook published in 1909. Written for women who aspired to drive but felt too nervous or intimidated by technical details, this pioneering guide covers everything from choosing the right car and changing speeds to proper motoring attire and self-defense. Levitt offers practical advice on starting engines, driving etiquette,
and navigating highways—combining technical instruction with encouragement for women entering the male-dominated world of early motoring. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Levitt, Dorothy, 1882-1922 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Byng-Hall, C. |
| Photographer | Nicholls, Horace W. (Horace Walter), 1867-1941 |
| LoC No. | 09018567 |
| Title | The woman and the car : a chatty little handbook for all women who motor or who want to motor |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_and_the_Car |
| Credits |
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure |
| Subject | Women automobile drivers |
| Subject | Women automobile drivers -- History |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 58956 |
| Release Date | Feb 24, 2019 |
| Last Update | Jan 24, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 498 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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