Route 66 Women: The Untold Story of the Mother Road

The Origin of Women on Route 66

Episode 101 | 57m 34s  | Video has closed captioning.

Women embraced driving from the start, despite assumptions from early automobile makers that men would be behind the wheel. For them, Route 66 was not just a way of getting from point to point, an opportunity for entrepreneurship, creativity, political activism and independence.