Gosh, darn it, silly me.
That was it!
Crash Test wins the prize for the most obvious answer, but there is another one.
Really there is.
Something to do with, uh, motor racing.
Honest, there is one.
Sheesh, you guys.....
The following people have something in common.
What is it?
Ethel Flock Mobley
Sara Christian
Mildred Williams
Ruth Nixon
Tim, you're question puzzled me for a while, until I remembered I've heard the name Flock before.
Looked up the name in a book about racing history and found Fonty and Tim Flock.
This led me to Ethel Flock, their sister.
Which led me to the 1948 Nascar season.
And there were the names of the other women you mentioned.
So, the answer is, they all raced in the 1948 Nascar season.
Top man, Gerard.
Well done.
Folks, notice Gerard's "puzzled me for a while".
I thought I'd set a bit of a poser, and he got it in 2hrs 14 minutes.
This is the calibre of contender we're dealing with here.
I'll think of something....
Yeah, make me suffer, Tim!