MEET
MEET A
MEET A FEMALE BORDER PATROL 4@
4@
4@ AGENT... CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HER. WELL, YOU HAD A GREAT 4@4@
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A VERY INTERESTING WOMAN DOING 4@ ANOTHER JOB THAT WE WOULD
NORMALLY THINK A MAN WOULD DO.
IT WAS SO GREAT.
I GOT TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY
4@
4@ DRIVE
4@ DRIVE WITH KIM LUDDEN. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS?
SINCE 1995.
I USED TO BE A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
IN CONNECTICUT, AND
I WORKED IN A STORE TOO, TO
SUPPLEMENT MY INCOME, BECAUSE I
WAS A SINGLE MOM. I RAN INTO4@
CUSTOMER WHO SAID SINGLE
MOTHERS ARE GETTING A DISCOUNT
IF THEY GET THEIR CDL
AS SOON AS I WENT I WAS HOOKED.
I'VE HAD MY UPS AND DOWNS. I'VE
HAD TO DEFEND MYSELF MORE 4@
THAN ONCE. YOU ALWAYS GET ONE OF
4@4@
4@4@ THOSE THAT THINKS THEY CAN4@ TE YA4@ HOW IT IS, OR TAKE ADVANTA
BECAUSE YOU'RE A
WOMAN RIGHT?
YOU LIFT UP A VACUUM CLEANER
THAT IS ABOUT THE HEAVIEST THIN@
YOU'LL LIFT ON THIS JOB.
4@
4@ IN
4@ IN THE
4@ IN THE STATE OF MAINE I ONLY KNOW TWO OTHER WOMEN WHO DRIVE4@
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.4@
DO TRUCKERS STILL HAVE HANDLES?
YEAH I HAD ONE WHEN I DID LONG
HAUL. IT USED TO BE BRIGHT EYES.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART.
THAT'S AWESOME.
I ALWAYS LIKED THAT SONG AND I
DROVE AT NIGHT A LOT AND HAD THE
HIGH BEAMS ON A LOT AND THOUGHT
WELL BRIGHT EYES. THERE YOU GO.
DROVE AT NIGHT A LOT AND HAD THE HIGH BEAMS ON A LOT AND THOUGHT WELL BRIGHT EYES. THERE YOU GO.@
I WISH MORE WOMEN WOULD BE IN
THIS FIELD, THIS PARTICULAR
FIELD 4@
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND TANKERS.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS JOB AND I
HAVEN'T REGRETTED A DAY
OF GOING TO WORK.
WERE YOU A BACKSEAT DRIVER?
OF COURSE NOT!4@ LAUGHING
THEN YOU GOT TO GO OUT AND GO TO
A
A BREWERY.4@ HOW FUN-- AND I DID NOT DRINK ON THE JOB. ANOTHER JOB YOU WOULD THINK OF AS A
MAN'S. IT 4@
WAS GREAT TO WATCH HER.
"WHEN
"WHEN I
"WHEN I THINK OF A BREWER I THINK OF FLANNEL AND A BEARD BUT YOU
HAVE NEITHER.. NO I SHAVED, IT
WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION."
FROM START TO FINISH IT'S WORK,
HAVE NEITHER.. NO I SHAVED, IT WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION." FROM START TO FINISH IT'S WORK,@
PRODUCTION, MILLING IT, 4@
4@
4@ BREWING THE BEER, PUTTING IT INTO THE FERMENTER,
PRODUCING IT, PACKAGING IT,
EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE YOUR
LITTLE
BEER BABY.
BEER BABY.
4@
4@ WHAT
4@ WHAT WAS THE MOMENT WHEN YOU KNEW YOU WANTED TO BE A 4@
4@
4@ BREWER? KINDA REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH
THE BEER SCENE IN MAINE.
IT'S REALLY A PASSION OF MINE,
IT'S HARD WORK, TAKES A LOT OF
SMARTS4@. 4@
IT'S REALLY A PASSION OF MINE, IT'S HARD WORK, TAKES A LOT OF SMARTS4@. 4@4@
IF THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,
BE SMART ABOUT IT. EDUCATE
YOURSELF, PUT IN THE WORK.4@
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BEER?
OOOOH, THAT'S LIKE PICKING A
FAVORITE CHILD.
I GOT TO SAY THE OLD PORTLAND
PALE4@
THIS IS REALLY GOOD BEER.
SHE IS AWESOME AND SHE IS SO
BUFF. 4@
SHANNON: I KNOW. IT MADE ME FEEL
LIKE I NEED TO HIT THE GYM. 4@4@
I AM SO EXCITED TO MEET THIS
BORDER PATROL AGENT BECAUSE I 4@
HONESTLY JUST DON'T KNOW A LOT
OF ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
ON THE RIGHT IS CANADA AND ON
THE LEFT IS AMERICA
WE'RE LOOKING 4@FOR PEOPLE THAT
MIGHT TRY TO COME ACROSS THE4@
4@
4@ BORDER. IF THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
THERE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE THERE, WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT
THAT.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED BY THE
TRAFFIC WE DO COME ACROSS UP4@
THERE. YOU'D BE SURPRISED BY THE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. WE PATROL ABOUT 80 TO 90 IN OUR AREA... 4@ THERE'S ABOUT 5% OF ENTIRE
BORDER PATROL AGENTS IS FEMALE.
90 IN OUR AREA... 4@ THERE'S ABOUT 5% OF ENTIRE BORDER PATROL AGENTS IS FEMALE.@
I
I THINK
I THINK THE GUYS WERE A LITTLE WORRIED WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE 4@ BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD A FEMALE
AGENT,
AGENT, ESPECIALLY A SUPERVISOR HERE WITH THEM, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'VE PROVEN MYSELF,
MY VALUE, WORTH.4@
AND A LOT OF GUYS COME TO ME
WITH ANYTHING THEY HAVE ANY
ISSUES,
HOME OR WORK.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE TOO IS JUST
THE STIGMA THAT WOMEN DON'T
NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT JOBS, THEY
SHOULD BE AT4@
HOME.
HOME.
DON'T
DON'T BE
DON'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE SOME CHANCES, DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET A
LITTLE DIRTY, RUN WITH THE GUYS,
DO PUSHUPS, PULLUPS, RUN. IF I4@
4@
4@
4@ 4@
4@ 4@ CAN
4@ 4@ CAN DO, IT ANYONE CAN.
MY DAUGHTERS ARE ALWAYS SAYING
THEY WANT TO BE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS 4@
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT I DO,
THEY'RE PROUD, I'M PROUD. I FEEL
LIKE WE INTERVIEWED THREE
INCREDIBLE WOMEN IN MAINE.
YEAH WE DID.
4@