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Authors

• Riikka Jalonen

Abstract

Car expertise courses for women in the 1970s

The number of cars was rapidly increasing in Finland in the 1960s and more and more often there was a woman behind the wheel. However, the discussion of women’s motoring in periodicals and magazines got still ardent tones at times. In the public discussion about motoring and cars, what seemed to distinguish the two sexes was the role of the car as a mechanical vehicle. Women were not considered to be interested in the technical properties of the car, let alone to be keen in opening the hood and making some adjustments or reparations. The situation seemed to change when in the turn of the 1960s and 70s car expertise courses started to be organized for women. All from the beginning, these courses gained large popularity.