Alice Taylor Huyler, better known by her married name, although perhaps not as well known as she should be, Alice Huyler Ramsey, completed her drive across America on this day in 1909.
A Vassar graduate, a wife and a mother, was the first woman to drive across the United States, going from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days. She had three companions, none of whom could drive.
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