Alice Huyler Ramsey, first woman to drive coast to coast

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 04/21/2014 at 10:49 • Filed to: None

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Alice Huyler Ramsey (November 11, 1886 – September 10, 1983) was the first woman to drive across the United States from coast to coast. 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. On her 59-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 7.

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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 04/21/2014 at 22:12

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I can't imagine how crazy this would have sounded. Regardless of gender and even more insane when you think of the times.