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A bystander helps a female Paris cab driver and her fallen horse, about 1910. The photo caption reads "The young cabwoman is a bit embarrassed! but in Paris there is no lack of gallant gentlemen; a devoted companion will soon have her horse back on its feet." In fact, she may not have been very pleased the gentleman's assistance. In order to qualify for her cab license she, like male cab drivers, had to prove that she could single handedly get a fallen horse back on its feet. (For more about Paris cab horses, see: Les Femmes Cocher: Cab Horses at www.taxi-library.org.)