When my mother was born was in 1907. Growing up, she saw very few women that knew how to drive a car. She was determined to learn how to drive and she did.
She began teaching me how to drive when I was 12 years old. When I was 14, I got a beginner's permit. You were allowed to drive as long as an adult was in the car with you. My mother let me drive all the way from Florida to Virginia one summer.
I was always very thankful that she taught me to drive early.
When I married (the first time), I married into a family of non driving women. My first mother in law did not drive and neither did my huband's two aunts. We all lived within 3 blocks of each other, so I had to take them grocery shopping all the time. I can't believe it, but neither of those three women ever learned how to drive in their lifetime.
I have been driving for over 50 years now and I have never had a ticket or an accident. I have driven a corvette for over 30 years and people always ask me "how fast does that car go?" I tell them, it goes 55 mph. I am never in a hurry to get anywhere.
When women didn't drive.
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It's pretty impressive to have driven as long as you have and have no tickets or accidents. I had my first accident before I even got my driver's license! (I had my learner's permit though ...)
March 23rd, 2012 at 01:54 pm 1332510877
I can not think of a woman in my family that didn't drive.
Our grandparents were born in the 20s and 30s. Not only do all our grandmothers drive, but my still living GIL has a pilot's license. The women in my family tend to be independent and adventurous, overall. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them were the first women in their family to learn how to drive. I will have to ask my G-ma and GIL about that.
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