Hélène van Zuylen
1863–1947Baroness Hélène van Zuylen entered the 1898 Paris–Amsterdam–Paris Trail as “Snail,” becoming the first woman in an international motor race.
Particulars
Baroness Hélène van Zuylen was part of a trio of French female motoring pioneers together with Camille du Gast and Duchesse d'Uzès Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart.
She entered the 1898 Paris–Amsterdam–Paris Trail using the pseudonym Snail, thereby becoming the first woman to compete in an international motor race.
Compiled from Wikipedia. Automated record.