Mrs. G.. I think it is a combination of things that women of our parents generation did not drive... My own mother never had a driver's license as well as many other women of her era.. Pressure from society that men were the ones behind the wheel were one reason.. Another was the vehicles of that era.. Most vehicles were stick shift on the column and were not very fun to drive.. A few car companies tried to cater to women drivers back then to increase sales.. A friend of mine in high school had a '48 Dodge with a Dynaflow trans that you could shift like a stick or put in 3rd and drive like an automatic.. So yes it was a cultural and generational thing...
