Women at the Wheel – A Century of Buying, Driving, and Fixing Cars
Autor Katherine J. Parkinen Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 sep 2017
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780812249538
ISBN-10: 0812249534
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10: 0812249534
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press
Notă biografică
Katherine J. Parkin is the Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American History and Political Studies at Monmouth University.
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Women at the Wheel explores women's historical experience with automobiles. Katherine Parkin argues that in every regard, from learning to drive to repairing cars, from being a passenger to taking the wheel, women had a distinct experience with cars in American culture.