Airline Stewardess as Feminist Icon

At a time when women were expected to stay home with the kids, the 1950s airline stewardess was in a unique position. On the one hand, she doted on her male passengers, upholding America’s conservative gender values; but on the other hand, she was literally a jet-setting career woman, idolized by girls everywhere.

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