Gabrielle Borthwick

Honourable
Gabrielle Borthwick
Born
Gabrielle Margaret Ariana Borthwick

30 June 1866
London
Died10 October 1952 (1952-10-11) (aged 86)
NationalityBritish
Known forMotorist and mechanic

Gabrielle Borthwick (30 June 1866 – 10 October 1952) was a pioneering motorist and mechanic. She was one of the early wealthy women motorists to set up a garage and a school for teaching men and women to drive cars. She was chairman of the executive committee for the Women’s Automobile and Sports Association which was associated with the Royal Automobile Club.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Woman Engineer Vol 1". The IET. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. ^ "The Woman Engineer Vol 3". The IET. Retrieved 2020-06-01.