These are slightly edited exerpts from the site Alice’s Drive. The author’s opinions are her own, not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
On June 9th, 1909 twenty-two year old Alice Ramsey set out on the journey of lifetime. Accompanied by three female companions, they drove from 1930 Broadway in New York City on an epic transcontinental journey. Fifty-nine days later Alice would become the first woman to drive across America.
The drive was much more than a publicity stunt for Alice (though to the Maxwell-Briscoe [Auto] Company that is exactly what …