Taking the Wheel

作者:Scharff, Virginia

页数:220

出版时间:1992-7

价格:$ 31.58

isbn号码:9780826313959

The automobile collided head on with gender in the early twentieth century. Women struggled as hard to overcome the stereotype of the aflightya driver as they did to win access to the vote, higher education, and the professions. The gender debate influenced Detroitas automotive design, engineering, marketing, and sales. Virginia Scharff shows how gender categories seeped into and shaped every corner of our culture, including the automobile.