A Gutsy Gal from Hackensack

Today in New Jersey history:

June 9, 1909: Twenty-two year old Alice Huyler Ramsey of Hackensack, accompanied by three other women, began to drive her Maxwell automobile across the country. Forty-one days later Alice and her entourage arrived in San Francisco. Ramsey was the first woman to accomplish the arduous trip. She characterized herself as being “born mechanical,” and when her car broke down, as it often did, she handled most of the repairs.