Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste
    The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste
    The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste
    Ebook138 pages48 minutes

    The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

    By Dorothy Levitt

    5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    The Woman and the Car is a faithfully reproduced, quirky classic from the dawn of motoring – and testament to womankind's perennial claim on the steering wheel! Take a spin through a time – 1909, to be precise – when no right-thinking lady would consider solo motoring without her revolver, and when the installation of a secret compartment for powder-puff was de rigeur. In the vintage driver's seat of this 'chatty little handbook' is record-breaking Edwardian motoriste Dorothy Levitt, exhorting the budding 'lady driver' to approach the newfangled contraption without fear and reassuring those who believed it was 'impossible to look anything but hideous when in an automobile.'
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 10, 2014
    ISBN9781783660254
    The Woman and the Car: A Chatty Little Handbook for the Edwardian Motoriste

    Related to The Woman and the Car

    Related ebooks

    Social History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Dorothy Levitt Edwardian Speed Queen

      Jul 7, 2022

      The usual quiet and calm of Brighton’s seafront was shattered on a July day in 1905 as racing cars thundered down a newly laid stretch of tarmac, later named Madeira Drive, to the cheers of the long lines of spectators. One of the races in the inaugu

      5 min read

    • Article

      Alan Judd

      Sep 21, 2022

      Alan Judd
      2 min read

    • Article

      Y Is For You

      Jul 16, 2019

      No other classic vehicles have quite the same international popularity and appeal as air-cooled Volkswagens. Oh sure, we know in Britain that people worship Morris Minors and Minis, while over in the States, it’s pretty much all about the Ford Mustan

      6 min read

    • Article

      Back In The Day...

      Nov 30, 2022

      Ken Craven and his wife Mollie led motorcycle tours all over Europe for years. Ken wrote about his adventures for Motorcycle Sport. He also produced a pioneering line of hard motorcycle luggage that is still available today. Ken, by the way, owned a

      3 min read

    • Article

      Phil White Spreading The Joy

      Oct 1, 2021

      Phil White Spreading The Joy
      4 min read

    • Article

      In Praise Of Patina

      Jul 8, 2022

      I went to an old friend’s funeral a couple of weeks ago. Instead of being miserable, it was a joyous affair. Mike was a hugely sociable guy, who lit up his many mates’ lives while maintaining a frankly unfeasible lifestyle until the ripe old age of 7

      3 min read

    • Article

      04 Rosedale Chimney Bank

      Aug 4, 2022

      04 Rosedale Chimney Bank
      1 min read

    • Article

      I Want That One...

      Jul 8, 2022

      I Want That One...
      8 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Dec 21, 2021

      Letters
      5 min read

    • Article

      What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

      Nov 2, 2022

      Over years of planning and arranging tours, there have been many challenges. Some were sought out, some appeared from the unknown, and some were foisted upon us. This latest one was a bit unusual, though… When we got asked to help out with some route

      3 min read

    • Article

      Paul D’orléans

      Mar 25, 2019

      THIS ONE IS FOR THE YOUNG ’UNS, LIKE MY 21-year-old stepdaughter, Gwen, who’s at Oxford. Because when I was her age, although I’d finished university, I did not have plans. One cannot live on a barista’s wage in American cities anymore, so graduates

      3 min read

    • Article

      Incoming!

      Feb 1, 2020

      Incoming!
      14 min read

    • Article

      Blowing Away The Cobwebs

      Jan 6, 2021

      CONTRIBUTOR THE first sharp frost of winter neatly outlined the cobwebs festooned on my Ninety. I have no problems with spiders colonising my 1984 Land Rover – after all, every old Land Rover I’ve ever known has had its eight-legged residents – but i

      3 min read

    • Article

      Incoming!

      Dec 4, 2021

      Summat to say? Send your comments, hints, tips, tales of woe and derring-don’t to: RCHQ@RealClassic.net Like Frank, riding for me has to have a destination to aim for. Our roads in Canada are mostly wide smooth and fast with corners that are best tak

      12 min read

    • Article

      Happy Families

      Jul 26, 2021

      Happy Families
      3 min read

    • Article

      You Were Asking

      Sep 6, 2018

      While researching for the feature about Marlene Parker, Beatrice Shilling and Theresa Wallach et al (TCM, July 2018, page 85) thoughts of other ladies involved in motorcycling came to mind, including the London Ladies MC. I first encountered this clu

      7 min read

    • Article

      Too Hot To Handle

      Sep 28, 2022

      Too Hot To Handle
      6 min read

    • Article

      Testing, Testing

      Mar 21, 2018

      Testing, Testing
      5 min read

    • Article

      Vatanen When Ari Met Rally

      Nov 18, 2021

      Vatanen When Ari Met Rally
      15 min read

    • Article

      Back In The Day...

      May 31, 2023

      I had four favourite writers in the old Motorcycle Sport: Titch Allen, One Track, RK (Ray Knight) and Ken Craven. Ken Craven wrote about motorcycle touring, long-distance touring, first on a succession of Matchless singles, later on various motorcycl

      4 min read

    • Article

      Back In The Day...

      Jul 5, 2023

      I had four favourite writers in the old Motorcycle Sport: Titch Allen, One Track, RK (Ray Knight) and Ken Craven. Ken Craven wrote about motorcycle touring, long-distance touring, first on a succession of Matchless singles, later on various motorcycl

      4 min read

    • Article

      A Simple Life

      Oct 29, 2021

      A Simple Life
      3 min read

    • Article

      The LE Velocette and the Police

      Jul 26, 2021

      The LE Velocette and the Police
      9 min read

    • Article

      All about Europe

      Mar 4, 2020

      All about Europe
      4 min read

    • Article

      For Posterity’s Sake

      Oct 30, 2021

      For Posterity’s Sake
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Woman and the Car

    5/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Woman and the Car - Dorothy Levitt

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1