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42 January 2017 BestDriverJOBS www.bestdriverjobs.com Women In Trucking A n excerpt from a 1943 trans- porta on magazine (read it at bit.ly/gthw1943) has circulated throughout the indus- try. It has been verified as a true reprint by Snopes, which claims the author is L.H. Sanders, who wrote the ar cle for Mass Transporta on Magazine's July issue. The intent was to assist (male) managers in choosing the right women to work in jobs formerly held by men who vacated their posi ons for military service during WWII. Although the author seems to be pa- tronizing women, he (or she) was prob- ably not intending to portray females as unmotivated, incapable, and fragile as the text appears. However, the eleven "helpful tips" show us how far we have come in proving our ability to work alongside men in many occupations. First, the author suggests married women are more responsible than un- married women and they are "less likely to be flirtatious." The assumption that responsibility and marriage are comple- mentary is doubtful, as women who are single are the ones who don't have the security of a second income. Many of the tips concern a woman's physical needs. "Give every girl an ad- equate number of rest periods during the day," the author writes. The extra breaks By Ellen Voie How (NOT) to Hire Women