A Reliable Car And A Woman Who Knows It

Author : Curt McConnell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0786409703

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"A Reliable Car and a Woman Who Knows It" by Curt McConnell Pdf

The audacity of driving a horseless carriage from coast to coast in the early years of the 20th century is hard to imagine in an age of superhighways and global positioning systems. Roads might be nothing more than muddy ruts made by wagon wheels; sources of gasoline or replacement parts were few and agonizingly far between; frequent repairs and tire changes were necessary; and the traveler was subject to the whole range of nature's perils and discomforts. For a woman to attempt the trip was, at the time, a jaw-dropping event. Yet in 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey and three female companions piled into a Maxwell in New York City, and 59 days later they triumphantly rolled into San Francisco. A few years later silent film star Anita King would become the first woman to make the transcontinental drive solo. These and other early coast-to-coast drives proved women's growing independence, as well as the automobile's long-distance viability. Detailed accounts of five coast-to-coast drives make up this lively history. Drawing from plentiful contemporary newspaper reports and the women's own words, author Curt McConnell recounts the bold adventurers' experiences day by day and mile by mile.

Author : Gijs Mom
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782383789

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Atlantic Automobilism by Gijs Mom Pdf

Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century, despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future. Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs to unearth the desires that shaped our present “car society.” Combining social, psychological, and structural explanations, the author concludes that the ability of cars to convey transcendental experience, especially for men, explains our attachment to the vehicle.

Author : Katherine H Adams,Michael L Keene
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252090349

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Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign by Katherine H Adams,Michael L Keene Pdf

Past biographies, histories, and government documents have ignored Alice Paul's contribution to the women's suffrage movement, but this groundbreaking study scrupulously fills the gap in the historical record. Masterfully framed by an analysis of Paul's nonviolent and visual rhetorical strategies, Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign narrates the remarkable story of the first person to picket the White House, the first to attempt a national political boycott, the first to burn the president in effigy, and the first to lead a successful campaign of nonviolence. Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene also chronicle other dramatic techniques that Paul deftly used to gain publicity for the suffrage movement. Stunningly woven into the narrative are accounts of many instances in which women were in physical danger. Rather than avoid discussion of Paul's imprisonment, hunger strikes, and forced feeding, the authors divulge the strategies she employed in her campaign. Paul's controversial approach, the authors assert, was essential in changing American attitudes toward suffrage.

Author : Dorothy Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Transportation
ISBN : PSU:000029748655

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What Every Woman Should Know ... about Her Car by Dorothy Jackson Pdf

Author : Deborah Clarke
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801885507

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Driving Women by Deborah Clarke Pdf

Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of self-expression. Driving Women examines the intersection of American fiction—primarily but not exclusively by women—and automobile culture. Deborah Clarke argues that issues critical to twentieth-century American society—technology, mobility, domesticity, and agency—are repeatedly articulated through women's relationships with cars. Women writers took surprisingly intense interest in car culture and its import for modern life, as the car, replete with material and symbolic meaning, recast literal and literary female power in the automotive age. Clarke draws on a wide range of literary works, both canonical and popular, to document women's fascination with cars from many perspectives: historical, psychological, economic, ethnic. Authors discussed include Wharton, Stein, Faulkner, O’Connor, Morrison, Erdrich, Mason, Kingsolver, Lopez, Kadohata, Smiley, Senna, Viramontes, Allison, and Silko. By investigating how cars can function as female space, reflect female identity, and reshape female agency, this engaging study opens up new angles from which to approach fiction by and about women and traces new directions in the intersection of literature, technology, and gender.

Author : Lesley Hazleton
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 0385476213

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Everything Women Always Wanted to Know about Cars by Lesley Hazleton Pdf

"I remember everything about the day I bought my first car. The pride, the awe at the financial responsibility, the way I stroked the paintwork...I loved that car with an intensity that still persists, years later. And even after all the fancy cars I've driven since then, if you gave me half a chance -- if they still made that car -- I'd buy it again." Lesley Hazleton remembers that day so clearly because while men take for granted the independence that cars bring, women do not. For women, a car means freedom. It means control over their own lives. It means, really, far more to women than it does for most men. Yet for years, automakers didn't consider women when they designed cars. As far as they were concerned, women were in the bleachers and men were in the grandstands. Not anymore. Lesley Hazleton talked to 150 women all over America to find out what they really thought about cars. What she discovered will make you laugh and it will make you think. This book is as much about the romance of owning a car (and romance inside a car) as it is about antilock brakes and air bags. More than a car manual (though it's filled with how-to advice on taking care of your car), it will enable you to negotiate for the best deal, teach you how to test-drive, help you decide whether to buy or lease, explain safety features and security issues, and guide you to know your car as much as you love it. With lively anecdotes, charts, and illustrations, Everything Women Always Wanted to Know About Cars, But Didn't Know Who to Ask is revealing, insightful, and extremely informative.

Author : Megan McMorris
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-07
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9780786741380

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Woman's Best Friend by Megan McMorris Pdf

They may be known as man's best friend, but as the writers in this poignant, funny, and dramatic collection know, there's no gender divide when it comes to canines. Whether walking down the street, gathering at the dog park, hitting the open road, or spending one too many nights together on the couch in front of the TV, a woman and her dog are an enduring pair. And there are many who consider their dogs to be members of their family and themselves to be full-fledged dog moms, even if they're single. From the family dog who takes on the anxiety of a family as the writer's sister battles breast cancer, to the compelling tale of a woman searching for her furry friend in the aftermath of September 11th, to the blind and deaf dog who teaches everyone about keeping on truckin' no matter what predicaments she gets into, the essays in this anthology get at the heart of love — and yes, sometimes love-hate-relationships women have with the dogs in their lives.

Author : Geraldine Brooks,Heidi Pitlor
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547242163

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The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Geraldine Brooks,Heidi Pitlor Pdf

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Feminism
ISBN : UIUC:30112064081372

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New Books on Women and Feminism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kevin Nelson
Publisher : Heyday
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133024948

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Wheels of Change by Kevin Nelson Pdf

Americans have always been enamored of automobiles, but California has a car culture unlike any other. Fueled by the Hollywood dream machine and the passions of the young and adventurous, Californians have changed the automobile and helped change America in the process.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35128000563963

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Advertiser's Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Deborah McNaughton
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781418556495

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Financially Secure by Deborah McNaughton Pdf

Financially Secure addresses women from all walks of life and takes them through all stages of financial health. Whether a reader is married, single, divorced, widowed, or a college student, this book will give her a total money program for becoming financially aware and secure. Building a financial portfolio may be uncomfortable and unfamiliar territory for some, but as a reader learns all of the ins and outs of the financial world, she will be empowered with strength. Financially Secure will enable readers to: Protect their finances Set financial goals Create a budget and prioritize debts Understand the various types of investing options and the risks involved. Filled with anecdotes from McNaughton's experiences, along with interactive elements that help readers apply material as they go, the book allows women to assess where they are financially and then offers solutions to get them where they want to be. Ideal for women needing to 'clean up' the record and consequences of past financial mistakes, or for those desiring to be proactive and make educated financial plans, Financially Secure can help women in all stages of financial health to honor God with their finances.

Author : James Shirley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103884875

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The Best Plays by James Shirley Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:U183044925941

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The Arizona Quarterly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2634768

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Electric Railway Review by Anonim Pdf