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The end of World War I saw the rise in the economic power of the United States due to its active trade, growing industry, and support of the Allied nations in the war. Its supplying of agricultural and manufactured goods to the Allied nations greatly boosted its economy, while the economies of Germany, France, and Great Britain suffered from major decreases in export trade activity and from ...
Luella Bates was the first of six female employees of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Co. [2] chosen as test and demonstration drivers and worked as an FWD truck driver from 1918 to 1922. [3] During World War I she was a test driver traveling throughout the state of Wisconsin in a Model B truck. After the war, when the majority of the women working ...
The company was very unusual in the world of car making in that it was largely run and staffed by women. For a while the cars were advertised as "a car made by ladies for others of their sex". The factory had originally been built as a wartime aero engine plant and Thomas Pullinger , the manager of Arrol-Johnston, was persuaded by his daughter ...
Maxwell was one of the first car companies to market specifically to women. In 1909, it generated a great deal of publicity when it sponsored Alice Huyler Ramsey, an early advocate of women drivers, as the first woman to drive coast-to-coast across the United States. By 1914, the company had strongly aligned itself with the women's rights ...
S. Samson Tractor; Saxon Motor Car Company; Scripps-Booth; Secqueville-Hoyau; Severin Motor Car Company; Shawmobile; Sheridan (automobile) Simplic; Sizaire Frères
Women began finding work when World War I began in 1914; they had to take the jobs of men who had gone to war. A wide range of jobs needed filling. A wide range of jobs needed filling. Automotive machines were in large production around this time to supply the United States and other countries with vehicles for war.
The 1920s was a period of social revolution, coming out of World War I, society changed as inhibitions faded and youth demanded new experiences and more freedom from old controls. Chaperones faded in importance as "anything goes" became a slogan for youth taking control of their subculture. [ 75 ]
1941 Hudson. Hudson Motor Company was among the first automotive companies to employ women designers full-time. [2] They wanted a woman to contribute a female point of view to automotive design, hired Oros as the first female American automotive designer [1] [3] in 1939.