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Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am  Cover Image Book Book

Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am / Julia Cooke.

Cooke, Julia, (author.).

Summary:

"A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780358251408 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0358251400 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: vii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1: The wrong kind of girl. A jet-age job ; Horizons unlimited ; A woman in uniform ; Pipeline to paradise ; Foreign service ; Pan Am was the American flag ; Unequivocally in the world ; One, two, three, what are we fighting for? --Part 2: You can't fly me. What do you women want? ; I'm okay, you're okay ; Open skies for Negro girls ; She's so busy being free ; Splendid capitalist airplanes ; De facto feminist ; A matter of serious and continuing concern ; An extension of the airline --Part 3: Women's work. Everything flyable ; War comes aboard ; The most incredible scene ; The only lonely place was on the moon -- Epilogue.
Subject: Pan American World Airways, Inc. > History.
Pan American World Airways, Inc. > Employees > Biography.
Flight attendants > United States > History > 20th century.
Flight attendants > United States > Biography.
Sex role in the work environment > United States.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at York County Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 387.7 COO Nonfiction (Text) 34001001389376 Adult Area Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults 387.7 COO Nonfiction (Text) 34217000845016 Adult Area Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 387.7 COO Nonfiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Irvin "Irv" Arter
34007002427669 Adult Area Available -
Martin Library Adults 387.7 COO Life Times (Text) 33454005795018 2nd Floor Available -

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