The taxi cab is a ubiquitous city sight even today.
Mademoiselle Gaby Pohlen and Madame Ines Decourcelle defied gender stereotypes to establish themselves in a man’s driving world.
Gaby Pohlen was a daredevil who enjoyed traveling, riding bikes, and driving cars.
Madame Decourcelle.
According toThe Motor-Car Journalin 1908, she began driving in 1902.
After repeated rejections, she was at last accepted by a cab company.
In 1908, Pohlen expressed a desire to drive in a speed race.
Madame Decourcelle and her taxi.
In 1909, Dorothy Levitt published achatty manualfor female motorists.
Levitt was a champion car and boat racer, and she became a champion of women drivers.
Madame Decourcelle and her taxi.
