The Great Stewardess Rebellion
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Author |
: Nell McShane Wulfhart |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 311 |
Release |
: 2022-04-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385546461 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385546467 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great Stewardess Rebellion by : Nell McShane Wulfhart
The empowering true story of a group of spirited stewardesses who “stood up to huge corporations and won, creating momentous change for all working women.” (Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine) It was the Golden Age of Travel, and everyone wanted in. As flying boomed in the 1960s, women from across the United States applied for jobs as stewardesses. They were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations like homemaking, nursing, and teaching. But as the number of “stews” grew, so did their suspicion that the job was not as picture-perfect as the ads would have them believe. “Sky girls” had to adhere to strict weight limits at all times; gain a few extra pounds and they’d be suspended from work. They couldn’t marry or have children; their makeup, hair, and teeth had to be just so. Girdles were mandatory while stewardesses were on the clock. And, most important, stewardesses had to resign at 32. Eventually the stewardesses began to push back and it’s thanks to their trailblazing efforts in part that working women have gotten closer to workplace equality today. Nell McShane Wulfhart crafts a rousing narrative of female empowerment, the paradigm-shifting ’60s and ’70s, the labor movement, and the cadre of gutsy women who fought for their rights—and won.
Author |
: Paula Kane |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: NWU:35556004652541 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sex Objects in the Sky by : Paula Kane
Monographic study of the working conditions and trade unionisation of woman worker airline flight attendants in the USA - covers job satisfaction, management attitudes, occupational safety, occupational health, passenger safety, etc.
Author |
: Kathleen Barry |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2007-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0822339463 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780822339465 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Femininity in Flight by : Kathleen Barry
'Femininity in Flight' considers flight attendants as cultural icons, looking at how attendants redeployed the 'glamourization' used to sell air travel to campaign for professional respect, higher wages, and women's rights.
Author |
: Julia Cooke |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780358251408 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0358251400 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Come Fly the World by : Julia Cooke
"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"--
Author |
: Joni Seager |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 211 |
Release |
: 2018-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780525506171 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0525506179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Women's Atlas by : Joni Seager
The most up-to-date global perspective on how women are living today across continents and cultures In this completely revised and updated fifth edition of her groundbreaking atlas, Joni Seager provides comprehensive and accessible analysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, women in the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, lesbian rights, women in government, and more. The result is an invaluable resource on the status of women around the world today.
Author |
: Phil Tiemeyer |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 2013-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520274778 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520274776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plane Queer by : Phil Tiemeyer
In this vibrant new history, Phil Tiemeyer details the history of men working as flight attendants. Beginning with the founding of the profession in the late 1920s and continuing into the post-September 11 era, Plane Queer examines the history of men who joined workplaces customarily identified as female-oriented. It examines the various hardships these men faced at work, paying particular attention to the conflation of gender-based, sexuality-based, and AIDS-based discrimination. Tiemeyer also examines how this heavily gay-identified group of workers created an important place for gay men to come out, garner acceptance from their fellow workers, fight homophobia and AIDS phobia, and advocate for LGBT civil rights. All the while, male flight attendants facilitated key breakthroughs in gender-based civil rights law, including an important expansion of the ways that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act would protect workers from sex discrimination. Throughout their history, men working as flight attendants helped evolve an industry often identified with American adventuring, technological innovation, and economic power into a queer space.
Author |
: Victoria Vantoch |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2013-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812244816 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812244818 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Jet Sex by : Victoria Vantoch
Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context of the Cold War, globalization, and the emerging culture of glamour to reveal how beauty and sexuality were critical to national identity and international politics.
Author |
: Reg Theriault |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 190 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393315576 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393315578 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Tell when You're Tired by : Reg Theriault
A longshoreman on the San Francisco waterfront for over thirty years, Reg Theriault distills that experience into a wry, knowing, tough-minded book that finally gives voice to the thoughts and conditions of laboring men and women. It is an engaging and moving defense of the working class's right to its portion of credit and dignity for building, job by dirty, demanding job, the civilization we inhabit. Here is a book George Orwell would understand--and applaud.
Author |
: Jennifer Shahade |
Publisher |
: Hodder & Stoughton |
Total Pages |
: 392 |
Release |
: 2022-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781399701402 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1399701401 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chess Queens by : Jennifer Shahade
'Like The Queen's Gambit, this isn't really about chess, but power' Sunday Times What does it take to make it to the top of your game? As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses. Chess Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top. An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer's story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling. 'Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant, insightful thinker who never fails to entertain and engage' Maria Konnikova 'An astoundingly intimate, thoughtful and inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the inside' Angela Saini
Author |
: Ann Hood |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2022-05-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781324006244 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1324006242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fly Girl: A Memoir by : Ann Hood
An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world—and maybe, one day, write about it—Ann Hood joined their ranks. After a grueling job search, Hood survived TWA’s rigorous Breech Training Academy and learned to evacuate seven kinds of aircraft, deliver a baby, mix proper cocktails, administer oxygen, and stay calm no matter what the situation. In the air, Hood found both the adventure she’d dreamt of and the unexpected realities of life on the job. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin and dined in front of the pyramids in Cairo, fended off passengers’ advances and found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels. She flew through the start of deregulation, an oil crisis, massive furloughs, and a labor strike. As the airline industry changed around her, Hood began to write—even drafting snatches of her first novel from the jump-seat. She reveals how the job empowered her, despite its roots in sexist standards. Packed with funny, moving, and shocking stories of life as a flight attendant, Fly Girl captures the nostalgia and magic of air travel at its height, and the thrill that remains with every takeoff.