Walmart combats a critical trucking shortage with $115,000 starting pay, attracting women drivers at nearly double competitors’ rates. The retailer pairs drivers on dangerous routes, equips cabs with ...
When Tammie Dean was an over-the-road truck driver, she had stopped to get fuel and was coming out of the truck stop when a male truck driver said, “Ma’am, you’re going out the wrong door.” He wasn’t ...
Tammie Dean has an advantage when recruiting and mentoring women drivers at Lily Transportation: She’s experienced life on the road as a female driver. On this episode of HDT Talks Trucking, HDT's ...
In 1956, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti became the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. Before her, driving was considered an exclusive preserve for men. Women sat gracefully in the passenger seat, ...