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The Complex Identities of Women Married to Professional Truck Drivers
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Voie, Ellen C.
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Fine Arts and Communication
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The image of the long distance trucker brings to mind a sort of
highway cowboy, a loner who moves from place to place, delivering his load
across the country. Many of these drivers are on the road for weeks at a
time, over three hundred days a year. Yet, many of them have a devoted
spouse and children waiting for them to come home when their schedule
allows. What kind of person [most often a wife] sits by the phone or
watches the driveway, waiting for a few hours with her husband, only to
watch that rig head back out on the highway a short time later? This thesis
examines the interdependence of these women in light of their lifestyle in an
effort to determine how they maintain such an independent perspective while
keeping their marriages intact.