Bertha Benz, one of the first female automotive pioneers, was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in July. As the business partner of engineer husband Carl Benz (inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1984), she played a significant role in the filing of the first patent for the automobile in 1886 and demonstrating the roadgoing capability of her husband’s invention.
Bertha Benz enabled her husband Carl Benz to run his own company and pursue his invention by providing the financial basis to do so. She invested both her inheritance from her parents and her personality to make a technological breakthrough possible, which required a good understanding and a clear vision of the importance of her husband’s work…
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