Dorothy Levitt

Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt, was the first British woman racing driver, holder of the worlds first water speed record, the womens world land speed record holder, and an author. She was a pioneer of female independence and female motoring, and taught Queen Alexandra and the Royal Princesses how to drive. In 1905 she established the record for the longest drive achieved by a lady driver by driving a De DionBouton from London to Liverpool and back over two days, receiving the soubriquets in the press of the Fastest Girl on Earth, and the Champion Lady Motorist of the World.

Levitt was born Elizabeth Levi, in Hackney onJanuary 1882. She was the daughter of Jacob Levi, a prosperous jeweller, tea dealer, and Commission Agent of Colvestone Crescent, Hackney. Dorothys mother was born Julia Raphael in Aldgate onOctober 1856 and married Jacob Levi in March 1877. Jacob died in 1934 and Julia in 1942. Levitt had two sisters Lilly, and Elsie Ruby . Levitt or Levit had been adopted as the anglicized family surname by 1901.

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