Wheels of Her Own: American Women and the Automobile, 1893-1929 - Paperbackby Carla R. Lesh (Author) Women used automobiles as soon as they had access to them. Black, Indigenous, and White American women utilized the automobile to improve their quality of life and achieve greater freedom. These women shared unique concerns and common aims as they negotiated their way through a time when advocacy for social change was undergoing a resurgence. The years that brought the automobile to the United States, 1893 1929, also brought