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The twentieth century rise of the automobile collided head on with Victorian prescriptions for the proper role and place of women in society. Gender conventions cast women as too weak, dependent and flighty to manage the fiery motorised beast. Written with flair and verve, this volume displays Scharff's erudition in social, cultural, gender, and technological history.

Taking the Wheel Women and the Coming of the

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      Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/07/1992
      ISBN13: 9780826313959, 978-0826313959
      ISBN10: 0826313957
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      Book Synopsis
      The twentieth century rise of the automobile collided head on with Victorian prescriptions for the proper role and place of women in society. Gender conventions cast women as too weak, dependent and flighty to manage the fiery motorised beast. Written with flair and verve, this volume displays Scharff's erudition in social, cultural, gender, and technological history.

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