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| WOMEN IN TRANSPORTATION |
| Changing America's History |
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Bus
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Despite protests by railroad corporations, Helen Schultz founded the first woman-owned busline, Red Ball Transportation Company, in 1922. She started with two round trips daily between Charles City and Waterloo, Iowa. She gradually built up a clientele that consisted primarily of women shoppers and traveling salesmen. Schultz began to capitalize on her newsworthy image as an attractive, young woman who was fighting the mighty railroad corporations. A local newspaper, the Des Moines Register, named Ms. Schultz the "Iowa Bus Queen." In June of 1930, Ms. Schultz sold the company for $200,000 and retired from the bus business. |
Above: Photos of Helen Schultz | |
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