Femininity in Flight: A History of Flight Attendants. (Brief article)(Book review)

Publication: The New Yorker

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Barry shows how "pink-collar" activists among the ranks of flight attendants worked to improve the status of their profession. From the moment the first stewardess took flight, in 1930, these young, attractive, white women were essential to making the unfamiliar and often uncomfortable feel glamorous and safe. (Airlines initially...

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