Julia Landauer
American racecar driver
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Mary Barra
General Motors’ first female CEO
Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz was her husband’s main investor, as well as an inventor. Her 1888 road trip—the first time an automobile with an internal combustion engine was driven over a long distance—was a strategic marketing tactic and practical test.
Kay Summersby
Irish secretary and chauffeur to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dr June McCarroll
June McCarroll was a doctor in early 1900s Indio, California, a “tiny, tough-talking lady who often strapped on a six-shooter to make house calls.” But for all the good she did as a physician, she saved far more lives by taking up the cause of road safety when she was 40 and semi-retired.
Daisy Hampson
Amongst the many women with access to serious funds who were early motorists, racers and rally drivers was a Miss Daisy Hampson.
Winifred Pink
1920s British car racer and mechanic
Alexandra Asmasoebrata
Indonesia’s first female race car driver
Suzanne Mathieu
French chemical engineer and advocate for girls in STEM
Virginia Sink
The first woman automotive engineer at Chrysler; by 1950 she was the Group Leader in the Chemical Research Department and worked on the LA smog project from 1957 until 1962 when she co-developed Chrysler’s Cleaner Air Package.