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“Brains, Beauty, & Breeches — World Tour Offer For Lucky young woman… Wanted to join an expedition…”
That was the ad that Aloha Wanderwell saw in 1922, and right away, she felt as if it had been written especially for her. She was only 16 years old but already knew that being a “proper young lady” was not for her. From a young age, she had an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Aloha was just waiting for the right opportunity and now knew she had found it.
Seventy-five countries and 380,000 miles later, Aloha Wanderwell had become the first woman to drive around the world, earning the moniker of “the Amelia Earhart of the open road.”
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nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html
Christian Fink-Jensen and Randolph Eustace-Walden - Aloha Wanderwell: The Border-Smashing, Record-Setting Life of the World’s Youngest Explorer
jalopnik.com/the-first-woman-to-drive-around-the-world-crushed-banan-1824231577
nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/20/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/30/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater
nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html
alohawanderwell.com/biography
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater
“Brains, Beauty, & Breeches — World Tour Offer For Lucky young woman… Wanted to join an expedition…”
That was the ad that Aloha Wanderwell saw in 1922, and right away, she felt as if it had been written especially for her. She was only 16 years old but already knew that being a “proper young lady” was not for her. From a young age, she had an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Aloha was just waiting for the right opportunity and now knew she had found it.
Seventy-five countries and 380,000 miles later, Aloha Wanderwell had become the first woman to drive around the world, earning the moniker of “the Amelia Earhart of the open road.”
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Further Reading:
alohawanderwell.com
nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html
Christian Fink-Jensen and Randolph Eustace-Walden - Aloha Wanderwell: The Border-Smashing, Record-Setting Life of the World’s Youngest Explorer
jalopnik.com/the-first-woman-to-drive-around-the-world-crushed-banan-1824231577
nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/20/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/30/mode/2up?view=theater
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater
nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html
alohawanderwell.com/biography
archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater
