Winifred Hawkridge Dixon

Winifred Hawkridge Dixon was an American writer born in 1883 and died in 1937. The main work that can be readily confirmed is Westward Hoboes: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring, a lively travel memoir published in 1921.

In that book, she recounts a long automobile trip across the American West with two photographers, mixing humor, hardship, and sharp observation. The story stands out for its sense of freedom and for the way it records an era when long-distance driving was still unpredictable, uncomfortable, and full of novelty.

Reliable information about her life is fairly limited in the sources found, so it is safest to remember her chiefly through this spirited book and its picture of early road adventure.