Major Gwendolen Sergant
Finding her way barred to more challenging roles in industry she took a commission as an engineer in the Women’s Royal Army Corps in 1953.
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Elsie Eleanor Verity
“The First Lady of the motor trade” in early to mid-20th century Britain
Dorothy Cridland
In 1951 she was one of the earliest women to be elected as an Associate of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and went to work for them from 1955-63 as a technical editor, despite her lack of formal technical qualifications.
Cleone de Hevengham Benest
British motorist, engineer and metallurgist
Camille du Gast
Daredevil sportswoman, animal rights activist and feminist in Belle Epoque Paris
Carlotta Bollée
After her automobile designer died in 1913, she took over the family business
Dorothée Pullinger
Aero and automobile engineer and entrepreneur.
Cheryl Linn Glass
Cheryl Linn Glass was the first African American female professional race-car driver in the United States.
Alice Anderson
Early 1900s Australian mechanic and garage owner
Nell Richardson
On April 6, 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set out from New York to cross the United States stumping for the women’s right to vote. Traveling in the Golden Flyer, a yellow two-seater, the suffragettes embarked on a five month cross-continent trip across many dirt and gravel roads. Armed with a fireless cooker, hand sewing machine, typewriter, and a cat named Saxon, the women spoke tirelessly across the country to garner support and encourage women to attend parades at the 1916 Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Chicago and St. Louis.