Women in a Ford Model N Roadster, circa 1907

Summary

American women welcomed the automobile's mobility and implied freedom. Cars arrived at a time when women were increasingly breaking away from the traditional domestic sphere and making new inroads in the workplace and in civic engagement. The automobile accelerated that social change.

American women welcomed the automobile's mobility and implied freedom. Cars arrived at a time when women were increasingly breaking away from the traditional domestic sphere and making new inroads in the workplace and in civic engagement. The automobile accelerated that social change.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1907

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.188.70399

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in

Width: 10 in

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