Hélène van Zuylen [SEP] sex or gender
Baroness Hélène van Zuylen was one of a trio of French female motoring pioneers of the "Belle Epoque". She entered the 1898 Paris–Amsterdam–Paris Trail using the pseudonym "Snail", thus becoming the first woman to compete in an international motor race.
An only child, the daughter of Salomon James de Rothschild, she was disinherited for marrying a Catholic, Baron of the old Dutch noble family Van Zuylen van Nievelt. Thus, her childhood home, the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, was bequeathed to the
Hélène van Zuylen
Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar or Hélène de Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née de Rothschild (21 August 1863 – 17 October 1947), was a French socialite, author, a sporting figure in Parisian life and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
Her main creative writing period was from 1902 through 1907 when she collaborated on stories and poems with her lesbian partner Renée Vivien.
Together with Camille du Gast and Duchesse d'Uzès Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart,