I was doing some research and ran across this account of women drivers in Hyde Park from a very starched up sexist American, and thought it was too interesting not to share. Not the misogynistic part, the bad-a lady driving part.
A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, 1820
Almost thirty years later, there seemed to be a more practical approach to ladies driving:
Sporting Magazine, Volume 9, 1847
