Ditching the Heels to Get Behind the Wheel- A Look at Women in Trucking

Women’s roles in the workplace have changed over the last 50 years. As family dynamics have shifted, and fewer women are marrying and having children, they have had a wider variety of options for work away from home. Among these options, a newer trend is truck diving. The Wall Street Journal reports that between 2010-2018, the number of female truck drivers in the force has increased by 68%. Though this sounds like a large number, a closer look demonstrates otherwise. According to 2018 statistics from the American Trucking Association, approximately 234 000 long-haul truckers are women, making up only approximately 6.6% of the 3.5 million-person workforce. Nonetheless, the numbers are rising, slowly but surely.

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