Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Paula Murphy, Once ‘the Fastest Woman on Wheels,’ Dies at 95

She proved that women could gain fame as speed demons on land by setting records on the Bonneville Salt Flats and on the nation’s racetracks.

from NYT > Top Stories https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/sports/autoracing/paula-murphy-dead.html

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Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103

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