Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | The Pan Am Stewardess at War and Peace (Aviation Adventures Lecture) @airandspace | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Discover the often-overlooked contributions of Pan Am stewardesses to addressing the geopolitical crises of 1960s and 70s, October 26 at 8 pm ET. Learn more: https://s.si.edu/48eQ6Sx
Flying into active war zones in Vietnam, working in Cold War Moscow, and shepherding foreign dignitaries, American servicemen, and refugees around the world: few of the young women who became stewardesses on Pan American World Airways in the 1960s and 70s envisioned the true rigors of their glamorous job.
Drawing on her book Come Fly the World: The Jet Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, Julia Cooke will discuss their often-overlooked contributions to addressing the geopolitical crises of the era and examines why the role of Jet Age stewardess carried far more professional weight than simply being a flying waitress.
Sponsored by GE Aerospace
Discover the often-overlooked contributions of Pan Am stewardesses to addressing the geopolitical crises of 1960s and 70s, October 26 at 8 pm ET. Learn more: https://s.si.edu/48eQ6Sx
Flying into active war zones in Vietnam, working in Cold War Moscow, and shepherding foreign dignitaries, American servicemen, and refugees around the world: few of the young women who became stewardesses on Pan American World Airways in the 1960s and 70s envisioned the true rigors of their glamorous job.
Drawing on her book Come Fly the World: The Jet Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, Julia Cooke will discuss their often-overlooked contributions to addressing the geopolitical crises of the era and examines why the role of Jet Age stewardess carried far more professional weight than simply being a flying waitress.
Sponsored by GE Aerospace
