The Woman and the Car

A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Automotive, History, Domestic
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Author: Dorothy Levitt ISBN: 9781783660254
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: July 10, 2014
Imprint: Old House Books Language: English
Author: Dorothy Levitt
ISBN: 9781783660254
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: July 10, 2014
Imprint: Old House Books
Language: English

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.'

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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.'

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