Celebrating Women’s History Month by remembering first female licensed truck driver and company owner
By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski Celebrating Women's History Month. Lillie Elizabeth Drennan (1897-1974) was Texas' first female licensed truck driver and a pioneering trucking company owner. In 1928, she and her husband began delivering drilling supplies to the burgeoning Texas oil fields running two old, patched-up pickup trucks. Lillie became the sole owner of the Drennan Truck Line a year later when the couple divorced. The company quickly grew — and Lillie continued to drive. When she sought