Genevra Delphine Mudge

Genevra Delphine Mudge (1881–1964) was the first recorded female automobile driver. She first obtained a drivers license in 1898 in New York state. The first working design of an automobile had only happened approximately five years before. Her first car was a Waverly electric[1] which she drove on the streets of New York City.

Mudge may have been the first female to race a car. She chose the gasoline-powered Locomobile as her racing car.[2][3] At the turn of the century most races involving women were "Ladies Only" races or distance races where women were there to show off the reliability of a car.

She was also the first woman to be involved in an auto accident. During a race she skidded on a patch of snow and knocked down five pedestrians.[4][3] None were seriously injured.[5]

Mudge was also a vaudeville and film actress, using the stage name Eva Mudge.[6] She was the mother of film actress Ruth Nelson.

References
  1. Girls, Fast Cars Fast (2019-03-04). "Genevra Delphine Mudge: All of the Firsts". Fast Cars Fast Girls. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. Branch, Ben (2012-07-03). "Genevra Delphine Mudge". Silodrome. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. Parkin, Katherine J. (2017-09-26). Women at the Wheel: A Century of Buying, Driving, and Fixing Cars. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8122-4953-8.
  4. "Driving a Wedge in Saudi Sand : Culture: The Mideast nation's government may think women need to be kept off the roads, but American feminists don't. And all jokes aside, they're proud of their hard-drivin' Saudi sisters". Los Angeles Times. 1990-11-19. Retrieved 2020-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  6. "Those of Us Who Try.... DO: Part II". TappingRoots. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11.


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