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Author:
Cooke, Julia. Come fly the world.
Title:
Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am / Julia Cooke.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 online resource.
Subject:
Pan American World Airways, Inc--History.
Pan American World Airways, Inc--Employees--Biography.
Flight attendants--United States--History--20th century.
Flight attendants--United States--Biography.
Sex role in the work environment--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A jet-age job -- Horizons unlimited -- A woman in uniform -- Pipeline to paradise -- Foreign service -- Pan Am was the American flag -- Unequivocally in the world -- One, two, three, what are we fighting for? -- What do you women want? -- I'm okay, you're okay -- Open skies for Negro girls -- She's so busy being free -- Splendid capitalist airplanes -- De facto feminist -- A matter of serious and continuing concern -- An extension of the airline -- Everything flyable -- War comes aboard -- The most incredible scene -- The only lonely place was on the moon.
Summary:
"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0358251389
9780358251385
LCCN:
2020034164
Locations:
ZAPB232 -- Curtis Memorial Library (Wheatland)

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