Dorothy Levitt
British racing driver (1882-1922) · Athletes · Died at 40
Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt was a British racing driver and journalist. She was the first British woman racing driver, holder of the world's first water speed record, the women's world land speed record holder, and an author.
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Dorothy Levitt and the 12 hp Gladiator car she drove in a series of reliability trials in 1903
Dorothy Levitt, in a 26 hp Napier, at Brooklands, 1908
Dorothy Levitt driving the Napier motor yacht, 1903
Dorothy Levitt driving a Napier at the inaugural Brighton Speed Trials in July 1905, setting a new Ladies World Land Speed record of 79.75 miles an hour, as well as winning her class and the Autocar Challenge Trophy
Dorothy Levitt drives Warwick Wright and guests in his Minerva in the 1907 South Harting, West Sussex, hill climb
Dorothy Levitt priming a carburetor and wearing an early version of a motoring 'duster' coat
Hubert Latham and his Antoinette IV monoplane at the Grande Quinzaine de Paris, 3-17 October 1909. This was the type of aircraft in which Dorothy Levitt attempted to qualify for her pilot's licence.About this person
She was a pioneer of female independence and female motoring and taught Queen Alexandra and the Royal Princesses how to drive. In 1905, she established the record for the longest drive achieved by a lady driver by driving a De Dion-Bouton from London to Liverpool and back over two days, receiving the soubriquets in the press of the Fastest Girl on Earth, and the Champion Lady Motorist of the World.
