And it turns out Bertha Benz knew exactly what I'm talking about. Bertha Benz's name likely sounds a little familiar. And really, it should. Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer ...

The first steam-powered vehicles date back to the late 18th century, but it was 100 years later that the automobile was truly ...

He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner, believed in her husband’s invention. She had been there since the beginning ...