Trailblazing women

After a years-long battle to secure her inheritance as heiress of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Maria Theresia (pictured above) arrived in Prague, the capital of what was then Bohemia, clutching the

1973 LE MANS 24 HOURS June 9-10, Le Mans, France CHEVROLET CORVETTE C3 1st in class When in 1971 the Le Mans organisers rescinded its ban on female drivers – in place since Annie Bousquet’s fatal cras

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