Ever Since The Ford Model T Became A Vehicle For The Masses, The Automobile Has Served As A Symbol Of Masculinity. The Freedom Of The Open Road, The Muscle Car's Horsepower, The Technical Know-how For Tinkering: All Of These Experiences Have Largely Been Understood From The Perspective Of The Male Driver. Women, In Contrast, Were Relegated To The Passenger Seat And Have Been The Target Of Stereotypes That Portray Them As Uninterested In Automobiles And, More Perniciously, As Poor Drivers. In Women At The Wheel, Katherine J. Parkin Illuminates The Social Implications Of These Stereotypes And Shows How They Have Little Basis In Historical Reality. With Chapters On Early Driver's Education And Licensing Programs, And On Buying, Driving, And Caring For Cars, She Describes A Rich Cast Of Characters, From Mary Landon, The First Woman Ever To Drive In 1899, To Dorothy Levitt, Author Of The First Automotive Handbook For Women In 1909, To Margie Seals, Who Opened Her Garage, My Favorite Mechanic ...is A Woman, In 1992. Although Women Drove And Had Responsibility For Their Family's Car Maintenance, Twentieth-century Popular Culture Was Replete With Humorous Comments And Judgmental Critiques That Effectively Denied Women Pride In Their Driving Abilities And Car-related Expertise. Parkin Contends That, Despite Women's Long History With Cars, These Stereotypes Persist--dust Jacket. Learning To Drive -- Buying A Car -- Driving A Car -- Caring For A Car -- The Car And Identity. Katherine J. Parkin. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 185-237) And Index.

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Parkin, Katherine J.;

United States, United States of America

Pennsylvania, 2017

Sep 26, 2017

US, 2017

1, 2017

Memory of the World Librarian: Slowrotation

Source title: Women at the Wheel: A Century of Buying, Driving, and Fixing Cars

"Cover"--"Half title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Preface. Driving in Circles" -- "1. Learning to Drive" -- "2. Buying a Car" -- "3. Driving a Car" -- "4. Caring for a Car" -- "5. The Car and Identity" -- "Epilogue. Nouveau Riche Pretenders" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "Notes" -- "Index

Women at the Wheel shows how stereotypes of women as uninterested in automobiles and, more perniciously, as poor drivers, has little basis in historical reality. However, Katherine J. Parkin argues that in American culture women are still considered imposters when they are at the wheel

2025-10-27