Hermine Dudley Explained

Hermine Dudley (née Jahns; born 1890) was an American woman who, in 1909 at age 19, accompanied Alice Huyler Ramsey when she became the first woman to drive across the United States.^{[1] [2] [3]} She later married Pendleton Dudley and was the mother of the composer Margaret Purcell and choreographer Jane Dudley.^[4]

The 1995 juvenile historical fiction book Coast to Coast with Alice is told in her voice.^[5]

Further reading

• Parkin . Katherine . Alice Ramsey: Driving in New Directions . New Jersey Studies. 2018 . 4 . 2 . 160–178 . 10.14713/njs.v4i2.127. free.

Notes and References

1. Book: Macy. Sue. Motor Girls: How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly Into the Twentieth Century. 2017. National Geographic. 978-1426326974. 44.
2. News: Thompson. Carolyn. Women take a seat in Transportation Hall of Fame. March 25, 2017. San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. October 23, 2009.
3. News: Ruben. Marina. Alice Ramsey's Historic Cross-Country Drive. March 25, 2017. Smithsonian Magazine. June 4, 2009.
4. Book: Decennial Record of the Class of 1903. 1914. Columbia University. New York. 57.
5. Web site: Coast to coast with Alice / by Patricia Rusch Hyatt. kenne.edu. Keene Public Library. March 25, 2017.