FIRST - Woman Licensed to Drive in America
N 42° 27.726 W 071° 20.686
19T E 307218 N 4703748
Location of the final resting place of the first woman licensed to drive in America.
Waymark Code: WMEJ5
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2006
Views: 62
The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts is widely known as the final resting place for such famous individuals as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry David Thoreau. But located nearby in the same cemetery is the grave of Anne Rainsford French Bush - believed to be the first woman in the United States to be issued a driver's license.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: Not listed
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