{"id":2058,"date":"2025-03-30T19:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T19:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2025-03-30T19:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T19:59:19","slug":"women-car-night-at-the-dia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/car-stories\/women-car-night-at-the-dia\/","title":{"rendered":"Women &amp; Car Night at the DIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71z-OIOQ7EL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2059\" style=\"width:338px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71z-OIOQ7EL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg 659w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71z-OIOQ7EL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This past week I attended a lecture at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dia.org\">Detroit Institute of Arts<\/a> which featured Nancy Nichols, author of&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/05\/books\/review\/nancy-a-nichols-women-behind-the-wheel.html#:~:text=In%20the%20writer%20and%20journalist,more%20than%20a%20motorized%20tricycle.\u201d\">Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car<\/a><\/em>. The book is an overview of women\u2019s automotive history through the personal car experiences of its author.&nbsp;<em>Women Behind the Wheel<\/em>&nbsp;is significant for a number of reasons. Although men have been writing about their automotive experiences for decades, women\u2019s relationship with the car is rarely examined. Nichols\u2019 book not only succeeds in addressing that lack, but is relatable to any women who has ever owned a car, particularly those of the baby boomer generation. Second of all, it draws attention to the longstanding gendered practices of automotive production, marketing, and ownership which reflect and perpetuate cultural attitudes regarding women and cars. In addition, automotive history is most often focused on specific automobiles and the men who built them; consequently women\u2019s participation in automotive culture is considered less. Nichols\u2019 well-researched manuscript contributes new knowledge through a rarely viewed female lens, and considers how the automobile has contributed to women\u2019s lives in both empowering and dangerous ways.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3815.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2060\" style=\"width:662px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Finally, as a scholar who has made the investigation of the relationship between women and cars the subject of her \u2018third act,\u2019 it has always been my hope that my work would encourage others to explore this little-explored connection in new and engaging ways. While I was pleased and honored to see some of my scholarship cited in Nichols\u2019 book, I was also rather overwhelmed when, after introducing myself, Nancy called me out as the \u2018original\u2019 and asked to give me a hug. It was quite a thrill and as I drove home, felt perhaps that the work that I do, while in a very specific niche, does have some value.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3819.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2061\" style=\"width:352px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a journalist, editor, and former broadcaster, Nichols\u2019 writing is both accessible and engaging. I would encourage any woman with [or without] a personal connection to cars to read&nbsp;<em>Women Behind the Wheel.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I attended a lecture at the Detroit Institute of Arts which featured Nancy Nichols, author of&nbsp;Women Behind the Wheel: An Unexpected and Personal History of the Car. 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