Genevra

Genevra Delphine Mudge (1881–1964) was an American actress and the first recorded female automobile driver. She first obtained a drivers license in 1898 in New York state. The first working design of an automobile had only happened approximately five years before. Her first car was a Waverly electric which she drove on the streets of New York City.

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Mudge may have been the first female to race a car. She chose the gasoline-powered Locomobile as her racing car. At the turn of the century most races involving women were "Ladies Only" races or distance races where women were there to show off the reliability of a car.

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She was also the first woman to be involved in an auto accident. During a race she skidded on a patch of snow and knocked down five pedestrians. None were seriously injured.

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Mudge was also a vaudeville and film actress, using the stage name Eva Mudge. She was the mother of film actress Ruth Nelson.

Genevra R. Counihan is an American lawyer and Democratic politician. She represented the Fortieth Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978.

Genevra "Gevvie" Stone is an American rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Stone won the silver medal in the single sculls. She also competed in the single sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she placed 1st in Final B and 7th overall. She qualified for the 2020 Olympics in the double sculls.