THE AUTOMOBILE AND GENDER: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

This paper describes the various stereotypes of women, and their relationships to automobiles, that have been prevalent since the invention of the automobile. Subject headings include: Gender Stereotyping and the Modern Automobile, the Place of Historical Analysis at a Conference on Women's Travel Issues, Gender and Automobiles in the Early Twentieth Century, Gender Stereotyping and the Auto in the Twenties, and Implications of Gender Stereotyping for Current Research and Policy. The paper discusses how the first electric car came about (Ford had it made for his wife, to use for errands and social visits); how the home came to be seen as the domain of women, and the workplace that of men; the automobile's use by "adventurous" women to further their independence; the advent of the "second" car; the perception of what women want in a car (a fashion statement); and many other historical tidbits.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/womens/chap6.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Arizona, Tucson

  Drachman Institute, 819 E First Street
  Tucson, AZ  United States  85721

  Morgan State University

  1700 East Cold Spring Lane
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21251

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wachs, M
• Conference:
  • Women's Travel Issues Second National Conference
  • Location: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Date: 1996-10-0 to 1996-10-0
• Publication Date: 1998-7-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: WOMEN'S TRAVEL ISSUES: PROCEEDINGS FROM THE SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobiles; Design; Electric automobiles; Females; Gender; History; Households; Males; Policy; Travel behavior; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stereotypes
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; History; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00925778
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 11 2002 12:00AM