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This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It
She was joined by their two teenage sons, Eugen and Richard, who all drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim, which is now about an ...
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Bertha Benz Route In Germany Marks A Woman's Contribution To Early Motoring
Another important stop is the Benz family villa and museum in Ladenburg, where Carl founded Benz and Sons in 1906 with the two boys Bertha had taken with her that August day in 1888. By the time ...
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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
Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner ... Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born into a wealthy family in Pforzheim, Germany, in the spring of 1849. Her father was a carpenter and real estate ...
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29 January 1886: Karl and Bertha Benz patent the motor car
On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...
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This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It
And it turns out Bertha Benz knew exactly what I'm talking about. Bertha Benz's name likely sounds a little familiar. And really, it should. Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer who ...
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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.