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Wyoming's friendly skies : training America's first stewardesses

Title

Wyoming's friendly skies : training America's first stewardesses / Starley Talbott and Michael E. Kassel, foreword by Patty Kessler and Alda Kessler Stewart.

Author

Talbott, Starley

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020.
©2020.

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Description

142 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

"Boeing Air Transport, a precursor of United Air Lines, began carrying passengers in 1927 on small, uncomfortable airplanes with few amenities. Steve Stimpson, manager of Boeing's San Francisco office, considered hiring stewards to alleviate passengers' concerns. Ellen Church convinced him that employing women, especially nurses, as stewardesses would be a visionary solution. Eight brave young women entered Boeing's brief training program in Cheyenne in May 1930, making them the first airline stewardesses in the world. In 1947, United Air Lines established its Stewardess Training Center in Cheyenne, operating for nearly two decades. Authors Starley Talbott and Michael Kassel celebrate the world's first stewardesses, as well as the thousands who followed in their footsteps."-Back cover.

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Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).

ISBN

9781467147637
146714763X

LCCN

2020938455

OCLC

on1159167888
1159167888
SCSB-13558361

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library