<![CDATA[TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit.]]>TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother & like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit.

In 1888 she perpetrated the world's first grand theft auto when she stole her husband's prototype & took it on the world's first road trip, during which she both affected repairs & collected important technical development knowledge.

Without her there would have been no Benz motor vehicles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/869ac08c-057c-40bb-8d54-264c0e723f8b/til-of-bertha-benz-who-if-carl-benz-was-the-father-of-cars-was-their-mother-amp-like-so-many-mothers-she-did-crucial-work-only-for-her-man-to-receive-most-of-all-of-the-credit.RSS for NodeMon, 28 Sep 2026 20:25:39 GMTFri, 25 Sep 2026 10:50:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:10:38 GMT]]>@jwcph
But the story itself is worth being told as much as it can, of course. 👍🖖

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/Nowhereman/statuses/117333966075620296https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/Nowhereman/statuses/117333966075620296Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:10:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:05:36 GMT]]>@jwcph
Well, the sad thing about it was that it didn't improve the situation for women as much as it should have, but instead undermined the role of electric cars, whose development could actually have begun at the same time.

Sometimes things don't turn out the way you'd like them to.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/Nowhereman/statuses/117333946328837188https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/Nowhereman/statuses/117333946328837188Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:05:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:26:49 GMT]]>@fiveop Bertha macht's indeed 😊

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/117333321941088210https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/117333321941088210Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:26:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:28:49 GMT]]>@jwcph There is a German comic narrating that story: https://www.abrafaxe.com/mosaik-591-bertha-machts/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fiveop.de/users/fiveop/statuses/117332857925317914https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fiveop.de/users/fiveop/statuses/117332857925317914Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:28:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:45:51 GMT]]>@jwcph If I may recommend the (brief) musical by Helen Arney: https://youtu.be/bt6ldR3i7Zk

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/HolgerTDittmann/statuses/117332453048837272https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruhr.social/users/HolgerTDittmann/statuses/117332453048837272Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:45:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:42:46 GMT]]>@jwcph

Yep, her first trip passing 200m from where I'm typing this right now. Heidelberg.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/117332440919788538https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knud/statuses/117332440919788538Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:42:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL of Bertha Benz who, If Carl Benz was the father of cars, was their mother &amp; like so many mothers, she did crucial work only for her Man™️ to receive most of all of the credit. on Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:42:32 GMT]]>@jwcph she also bankrolled his broke ass!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/methoxyf/statuses/117332440000862982https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/methoxyf/statuses/117332440000862982Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:42:32 GMT