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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell — the Girls Who Drove into the History Books
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'Jean Robertson learnt to drive almost as soon as her feet could touch the pedals — and then she taught her bestie Kathleen Howell to do the same.

'The two friends mastered automobiles at a time that you weren't likely to see a woman behind the wheel. Once they'd nailed that, they crossed the whole of Australia by car and smashed land speed records.'  (Production summary)

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