Women have broken barriers for decades, taking on roles that have been traditionally “male” and excelling in those. One of the few remaining male dominated career fields remains truck driving. And now ...

The percent of women as student drivers and trainees in the transportation industry shrank in recent years, according to a 2024 survey from The National Transportation Institute. Women represented ...

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 ...

Jesseca Orosco said goodbye to a desk job and has been truacking for seven years Jesseca Orosco is a female trucker. Her story is part of "My Reality: A Hidden America," a special "20/20" report by ...

While men continue to dominate the trucking industry, the number of women truck drivers is on the rise — and for good reason. “This is one of the only industries that pays equally for men and women,” ...

She hopes that by sharing insight into her career, it will help other women feel less lonely in the profession Ione Martin spends her life on the road, but as a truck driver for over nine years, she'd ...

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, ...

In 1944, the short film Women Truck Drivers from Weekly Review no. 138 highlighted the essential role women played during World War II in New Zealand. Produced by the National Film Unit, the film ...

The following article is written in recognition of National Businesswomen’s Week, which is traditionally held the third full week of October. The Dothan Eagle will feature five women this week that ...

Driving heavy trucks, 3 female drivers traveled hundreds of kilometers, carrying dozens of tons of goods to provide relief to flood victims in Dak Lak.

"I live at a different truck stop every night and go to a different state every night," she tells PEOPLE Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared ...