Dora Colvin
{{short description|American truck driver}}
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Dora Colvin is a pioneering woman in the trucking industry in the United States. In over four decade, Colvin has driven for 2 million miles without an accident, and blazed the path for women into another male-dominated occupation.
Biography
Colvin grew up in remote North Dakota on a farm, where she drove a truck.{{Cite news|url=https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/transportation-warehousing-jobs-women|title=Transportation & Warehousing Jobs Women Don't Consider|work=Monster Career Advice|access-date=2017-05-17}} Today, she lives in Udall, Kansas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.overdriveonline.com/feature-article-the-other-half/|title=2009 Driver of the Year: Butch Colvin {{!}} Overdrive - Owner Operators Trucking Magazine|last=Grider|first=Randy|date=1 May 2010|website=Overdrive|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}} Her original occupation was as a teacher, and she first started driving with her husband, Butch, during the summer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfi-us.com/pointers/genPointers/driver52.htm|title=Butch & Dora Colvin|website=CFI NetLink|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320091756/https://www.cfi-us.com/pointers/genPointers/driver52.htm|archive-date=20 March 2006|access-date=16 May 2017}} She worked in a team with her husband Butch for 18 years before they retired in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.overdriveonline.com/double-time/?full-article=true|title=Double time {{!}} Overdrive – Owner Operators Trucking Magazine|website=www.overdriveonline.com|date=September 2010|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}} The Colvins have four children and six grandchildren.
In 1965, Colvin became the first woman to hold a CDL license in Kansas. In 1972, she became the first woman to drive for the produce company, Stanley Dilley and in 1992, was the first woman to drive for the chemical hauler, Wynne Tank Lines.{{Cite web|url=http://www.truckload.org/index.php?bid=1445&archiveyear=2006&nid=100|title=Grand Prize Winner, Dora Colvin|date=15 May 2006|website=Truckload Carriers Association|access-date=2017-05-17}}
In 2004, Colvin and her husband were named Company Team of the Year for CFI.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lg3rFnEkOPQC&q=%22dora+colvin%22+truck&pg=PR2|title=Trucking: Tractor-Trailer Driver|last=Adams|first=Alice|publisher=Thomson Delmar Learning|year=2006|isbn=9781418012625|pages=563}} In April 2006 Colvin became the first woman to be named Company Equipment Driver of the Year by Truckload Carriers Association and sponsored by Truckers News.{{Cite journal|last=Mason|first=Jeff|date=April 3, 2006|title=Power to Move: In Truckload, Success Begins Behind the Wheel|url=https://www.ccjdigital.com/business/article/14902685/power-to-move|access-date=2023-11-07|journal=Commercial Carrier Journal}} On April 7, 2006, Colvin was mentioned on Paul Harvey's short radio newscast on ABC stations across the nation.
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External links
- [http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=56292 Truckinginfo.com profile]
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