I don't see women truckers very often.  True, I don't actually see truck drivers too often because their rigs are so high up, it can be hard to see them.

But I knew they were more than just "Large Marge."

I discovered a source of information about these women thanks to Feministing — the website AskATrucker.com.  There's a series of articles there by and about women truckers.  I recommend.

Women In Trucking:  "What motivates these women to leave the general work place? You will find that independence and the irrepressible challenge of truck driving jobs are the two most common motivations given. Another important reason is the wage-earning aspect. Truck driving averages 20-30% higher wages than jobs’ women usually enter into."

A Day in the Life of a Lady Trucker (in the comments) :  "My female roomate that was going solo told me that she had haddifficulties when she was teaming with her Brother and Boyfriendbecause they constantly tried to undermine her judgement. She told menot to worry that if I got into a bind just ask someone for help. Itwas great advice because I imagined if I asked someone for help theywould yell at me and say “You dumb girl!, go home and bake cookies, youdon’t belong out here!” but it hasn’t been that way at all. There are only 2 kinds of people to me, helpful people and A-HOLES! unfortunately, I met mostly the latter my first few months on the road."

Lots of interesting material here.  You can also follow her (voluminous!) tweets on twitter as TruckerDesiree.

Other sites and pages about women in trucking:

Women In Trucking Association
Layover.com on Women Truck Drivers
Record-setting woman truck driver (two million miles without an accident)