Les Femmes Cochères à Paris no. 2267

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Les Femmes Cocher / 33

Mme. Lutgen / 1

Picture (left): Mme Lutgen, ex-comtesse du Pin de la Guérinière.

The most notorious of the femmes cocher was Mme. Lutgen, an aristocrat who had fallen on hard times and turned to cab driving to earn a living.

From her youth Mme. Lutgen was an accomplished horsewoman and had no difficulty qualifying as driver.