Lady Florence Norman on her motorized scooter, London, UK, 1916

They witness me conveying myself to another location, they are most disapproving.

due to a few mishaps, the calf-length skirt was invented shortly thereafter

This article is a bit disappointing. I would like to know why it was discontinued. Roads too bad, too expensive, too inconvenient, superseeded by?

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

before they were cool

Is this the vehicle that radicalized women?