Four Ladies in a Haynes Automobile Traveling From Chicago to New York, circa 1905

Into the 1920s, many people -- especially men -- considered women to be unfit to drive. Some thought them emotionally unstable, physically weak, and mentally deficient. Others claimed that driving was just plain unfeminine. A few brave, adventurous women set out to prove the naysayers wrong. Women like the ones in this photograph paved the way for a wider acceptance.