April 2021
CENTRAL HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH of the VINTAGE CAR CLUB of NZ (Inc) Lamb Country Branch Email: centralhawkesbay@vcc.org.nz
POSTAL ADDRESS
CHB Branch of the Vintage Car Club (Inc) c/-18 Wilder Street, Waipukurau. 4200
Club Nights—7.30pm 3rd Wednesday of every Month
Alice Ramsey—Made History Driving Across America in 1909—by Bob Sadler
Alice Ramsey and passengers in her Maxwell Automobile
Alice Ramsey was 22 years old in 1909 when she made history, becoming the first woman to drive across the United States from coast-to-coast. She, along with two sisters-in-law and a friend, left New York City on June 9 and arrived in San Francisco on August 7. In total, the trip took 59 days, and Ramsey drove a total of 3,800 miles. Ramsey began driving the previous year, when her husband bought her an automobile after a vehicle raced past her at 30 miles an hour, scaring her horse. She immediately took to the wheel and logged 6,000 miles around their New Jersey home and entered an endurance drive to and from Montauk.