This is the story of how a woman racing driver took one of the first major steps to create equality in the motoring profession. FEW HOBBIES have required engineering skills more than early motoring. Primitive engines on basic chassis, riding over roads designed for horses, made it necessary for drivers to take a 'riding engineer' to deal with inevitable breakdowns. The high speeds - sometimes cruising at around 20mph - and the need to know the ins and outs of a misbehaving engine meant one thing: motoring at the beginning of the 20th century was clearly a man's preserve.
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