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Kenya s First Woman to Own & Drive a Car
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The general adage since the years of yore holds that women must always fight twice as hard as men to make a mark in the world.
Truth is that women have left lasting footprints on the social and economic fabric of our human existence, footprints that have remained visible for many years. Women have many enviable firsts.
In Kenya for instance, the first African woman to own and drive a car, as told by author Mike Eldon, was his mother-in-law, Marjorie Kimenyi.
Kimenyi descended from a long line of high achievers and according to a book,