The great stewardess rebellion : how women launched a workplace revolution at 30,000 feet / Nell McShane Wulfhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McShane Wulfhart, Nell, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flight attendants.

Sexual harassment.

Sex role in the work environment.

Employee rights.

Women--Employment--Law and legislation.

Women.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2022]

Summary:

"The empowering story of a group of spirited stewardesses who fought for their rights in the cabin and revolutionized the workplace for all American women"-- Provided by publisher.

In the 1960s, as flying boomed in the 1960s, women were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations. "Sky girls" had to adhere to strict weight limits at all times, or 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. McShane Wulfhart shows how the stewardesses began to push back, helping working women get closer to workplace equality today. Her book is 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. -- adapted from jacket and Amazon info

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Patt

ch. One Honeybuns on the Charm Farm

ch. Two Gloves to Grievances

ch. Three The Air Strip

ch. Four Sonia in Fantasyland

ch. Five What the BFOQ?

ch. Six Black Mollies

ch. Seven Think of Her as Your Mother

ch. Eight Do Women Age Faster on Airplanes?

ch. Nine In and Out of Uniform

pt. Two Tommie

ch. Ten Flying Pianos

ch. Eleven Pregnancy and Pursers

ch. Twelve The Case of Mary Pat

ch. Thirteen Men on Board

ch. Fourteen Go Fly Yourself

ch. Fifteen Stewardesses for Women's Rights

ch. Sixteen We Really Move Our Tails for You

ch. Seventeen First the Commies, Then the Feminists

ch. Eighteen The Single Rooms Contract

pt. Three Patt and Tommie

ch. Nineteen Stay or Go?

ch. Twenty Election Day

ch. Twenty-One Professionals at Last

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-294) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: McShane Wulfhart, Nell. Great stewardess rebellion

ISBN:

9780385546454

0385546459

OCLC:

1268122807