WOMEN TRUCKERS * USA - More Women Joining Arkansas' Multi-Billion Dollar Trucking Industry

Less than 7% drivers who are women, living their lives behind the wheel

Kark,Little Rock,ARK,USA -Ozarks First -February 25 2011:  ... Reyna White has been driving semis for over 20 years. She's a great-grandmother now but she did it then simply because she needed work.... A self-described loner, when she drives, she doesn't like to talk. She keeps a steady eye on the road, her small hands steady too... She loves this job. but her work is hard, physically and mentally... This man's world is intimidating, often and sometimes, terrifying... Rayna's C.B. stays off. The talk is too vulgar... She knows women who have been assaulted and raped at truck stops. when she walks through the rows of trucks, she always watches her back: her tire iron, her only weapon... Linda, too, has been harassed on the highway. But her security is fellow driver and husband Jeff... The Hardys are two of an increasing number of husband and wife teams on the road. Linda wouldn't have it any other way... Side by side, or with one in the sleeper berth, they tackle the traffic, the stress of an unstable life... Luckily, they get along. it's the other comforts of home Linda misses most... Living out of a cab, greasy food and showers at truck stops, there's little room for luxuries... It's family time, too these women pine for, the missed moments with their children and grandchildren...  On the road, these women do more, blazing a trail, refusing to be told to take the back-seat... (see video)