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This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It
Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. As anyone who has ever been married will tell you ...
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Bertha, the woman who popularised the automobile
The first steam-powered vehicles date back to the late 18th century, but it was 100 years later that the automobile was truly ...
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Bertha Benz Pushed The Automobile Toward Production
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 ...
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The world's first long-distance car journey
In 1888, Bertha Benz, wife of automotive inventor Karl Benz, set off on a groundbreaking trip. A pioneer and investor in her own right, Bertha took the world's first combustion engine-powered car ...
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This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It
A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888.