Elsie Mary Wisdom

[2] Elsie Gleed learned to drive motorcycles and automobiles as a young woman.

[6] In 1933, she was the only female member of the six-person Aston Martin team at Le Mans.

[1] Elsie Gleed married twice; to Charles Thomas Swain in 1925 (they divorced in 1929), and to racing journalist Tommy Wisdom in 1930.

[9] There is a display about women racers at Brooklands Museum, including Elsie "Bill" Wisdom.

[10] There is a file of clippings, photographs, and papers related to Elsie Wisdom in the Brooklands Archives.