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Flight Attendant

By Morokot Suon

  • The world’s first female flight attendant

    The world’s first female flight attendant
    Ellen Church, who began flying at age 25. Church originally wanted to be a pilot, but the manager of Boeing Air Transport in San Francisco, Steve Simpson, suggested she and her fellow nurses become flight attendants.

  • The responsibility of female flight attendants grew

    The responsibility of female flight attendants grew
    They cleaned the cabin, dusted, bolted down seats, restrained passengers from tossing garbage out of windows

  • According to Kathleen Berry's Femininity in Flight

    According to Kathleen Berry's Femininity in Flight
    A History of Flight Attendants, more and more airlines added age clauses to contracts for flight attendants as the profession grew into a symbol of sophistication and glamour.