HOW FLIGHT ATTENDANTS became SEX Symbols | 100 years of Airline Fashion | History and Hearsay

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In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing HOW Stewardesses / Flight Attendants became a career AND how airline's turned them into SEX SYMBOLS to sell tickets! Plus lots of COOL fashion trends that helped this progression over the years! ~ Christina
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - 1st Stewardess NOT the 1st Flight Attendant?
1:22 - The First Flight Attendant
3:25 - Cabin Boys + The start of Ellen's career - Nurse & Pilot
5:02 - Ellen's idea for Flight Nurses
7:24 - Requirements to be a Stewardess
8:49 - Stewardess Duties in the 1930's + Winning the men over
9:58 - The Sky Girls experiment is a success! Stewardess becomes a career!
11:07 - Ellen's life after being a Stewardess, service in WWII & late life
12:45 - 1945 Advancement in Technology and Uniform changes
13:50 - 1st Black Stewardess
14:53 - 1950's-1960's - Mass aviation and The Ritzy "Golden age" of flying
16:21 - Late 60's - 70's - Uniforms Sexualized to promote sales
18:00 - Sought after Career - Famous Designers get in on the action
20:00 - Airlines choice of advertisement leads to sexual harassment
24:06 - FLY ME campaign
25:22 - Deregulation + Stewardesses for women's rights
27:07 - Modern changes to rules & Uniforms
28:20 - Recent world events bring more changes
30:33 - My opinion + Outro

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Sources:
https://aviationvoice.com/breaking-stereotypes-who-was-worlds-first-flight-attendant-202005311000/
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https://www.airships.net/blog/worlds-first-flight-attendant/
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https://jdmitchelldesigns.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/ellen-church/
http://www.quizmastertrivia.com/2016/05/todays-article-ellen-church.html
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/flight-attendants
https://www.faa.gov/about/history/pioneers/media/Ellen_Church_and_the_Advent_of_the_Sky_Girls.pdf
https://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/priceguide.html - SALARIES IN 1930
https://simpleflying.com/cabin-crew-through-the-ages-a-brief-history-of-flight-attendants/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_attendant
http://avstop.com/history/history/flightattendant.html
https://www.heremagazine.com/articles/flight-attendant-fashion-history
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/a-timeline-from-stewardess-to-flight-attendant
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/flight-attendantshttps://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/womens-fashion-and-airline-industry
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/meet-flight-attendants-who-fought-equality-during-civil-rights-era -
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/taylor-ruth-carol-1931/
https://www.aapaviation.com/news/now-and-then-a-brief-history-of-flight-attendants/ - PAST RULES VS CURRENT RULES TO BE HIRED
https://thetravelacademy.com/blog/2015/09/the-history-of-the-flight-attendant-profession 2015 RULES
https://clickamericana.com/topics/money-work/fly-girls-stewardess-job-requirements-of-the-50s-60s -
https://clickamericana.com/topics/money-work/fly-girls-stewardess-job-requirements-of-the-50s-60s -
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https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/when-airline-fashion-was-flying-high/

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/when-airline-fashion-was-flying-high/
SEXY commercials : https://www.cntraveler.com/story/a-timeline-from-stewardess-to-flight-attendant. - the uniforms through the decades

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