The Women of Pan Am | The Damcasters Podcast
Channel: The Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast
Date: 2022-10-20

The 1960s saw the true birth of international air travel. The glamour of the jet set was only matched by the glamour of the flight attendants who cared for them. as they dashed across the globe. Pan American Airways and their powder blue uniformed stewardesses were at the forefront of this change in air travel. 

While the airlines capitalised on the hyper-sexualised image of the stewardesses, the women themselves were in no way stereotypes. Joining me today is author Julia Cooke, whose new book Come Fly the World looks at the remarkable period in the late 1960s when Pan Am stated, "Stewardesses Wanted. Must Want The World."

★Julia's website can be found at: http://www.juliacooke.com/
★You can follow Julia on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/juliaccooke
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