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http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/179900.aspx

In this article, a timeline of women transportation pioneers is presented including: Bertha Benz, the first person to drive an automobile long-distance (1888); the first American woman to receive an official drivers license (1900); Dorothée Pullinger, one of the first female car designers (1920s); the first female U.S. Transportation Secretary (1983); the first African-American woman to lead a major transit agency (1983); and the first American woman to act as commanding officer of a mega-cruise ship (2015).

English

pp 28-29

2019-5

TR News

Digital/other

Photos

Females; History; Leadership; Transportation; Transportation careers

History; Transportation (General)

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 27 2019 4:48PM

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