The Great Stewardess Rebellion

"I've spent so much of my life on the road that stewardesses have always been my friends in the sky. Now I am glad to see The Great Stewardess Rebellion, … the true story of women who stood up to huge corporations and won, creating momentous change for all working women.” 
--Gloria Steinem

“The Great Stewardess Rebellion has it all: ’60s glam, sharp and brave heroines, and one of the most dramatic and consequential feminist battles in American history. A grippingly told and unforgettable story.”
--Abbott Kahler, author of The Ghosts of Eden Park

"Vivid, inspiring and full of twists, The Great Stewardess Rebellion reveals how a pair of young women helped build a mighty union and transformed an industry forever. Wulfhart has unearthed a story of rare power, and she tells it with passion and skill."
--Jason Fagone, author of The Woman Who Smashed Codes

" Wulfhart's lively labor history chronicles a recent past that can feel simultaneously a million miles away and all too contemporary."
--Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad

" Nell McShane Wulfhart reconstructs the long-lost Era of the Stewardess: what she meant to the airlines, how she defined the female ideal in America, and then how she broke the mold—and helped change the world for everyone on the ground." 
--Keith O'Brien, author of Fly Girls

"The Great Stewardess Rebellion should be required reading for anyone entering the modern job market--to remind them how the workplace used to be, and to honor the heroic people who stepped up and made progress possible.  A fascinating, important read."
--Lisa Napoli, author of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie

 “McShane Wulfhart’s engaging chronicle of the labor movement launched by U.S. airline stewardesses who flew the not-so-friendly skies in the 1960s and ’70s has an eye-opening anecdote on every page; even the union negotiations are entertaining and informative. . . [The Great Stewardess Rebellion] demonstrates how the stewardesses’ labor fight affected the state of modern American employment and helped enshrine many of the workplace rights women have today. Recommended for readers of women’s history and histories of the airline industry, and anyone looking for an engaging and entertaining read.”
--Library Journal, (starred review)

“Engaging . . . Insightful . . . Compelling . . . Wulfhart explains union wranglings, emerging legislation, and lengthy court battles within context, exposing the era's expectations regarding women's roles as sex objects, wives, and mothers in stark reality. This is an eye-opening chapter in the history of feminism and women's rights.”
--Booklist

“A rousing history. . . Wulfhart lucidly contextualizes the stewardesses’ campaign within the larger feminist movement, and shares striking anecdotes of the insults they endured and the dedication it took to reform ‘the most sexist workplace in America.’ The result is an invigorating and inspiring story of women triumphing over discrimination.”
--Publishers Weekly

“Interweaves [personal stories] with a larger narrative of how female flight attendants struggled to build long-term careers built on benefits and good wages rather than the promise of glamour and adventure. . . This engaging narrative offers a fascinating look at how the intersection of the women’s and labor movements helped a little-discussed, female-dominated profession achieve viability and respect. An informatively readable combination of cultural and feminist history.”
--Kirkus

"Put aside any preconceived notions you might have about flight attendants. Wulfhart's uniformed women battled the airlines' sexist policies and lurid advertising, forging a feminist revolution along the way."
--Paulina Bren, author of The Barbizon

"An entertaining page turner and a powerful story of personal and political transformation."
--Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt

"A riveting, tour de force story of women's fight for justice on the job. Wulfhart tells an incredible story of workplace justice and the women who made it.”
--Erik Loomis, author of A History of America in Ten Strikes

“An extraordinary herstory--I was in tears. A powerful story of flight attendants at American Airlines refusing to allow men to define them.”
--Sara Nelson, International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

"Nell McShane Wulfhart brings us face to face with the atrocious status quo that stewardesses fought to overturn. Wulfhart chronicles  the movement’s expansion in sparkling detail and delivers uncommon insight into the personal dynamics of social movements. Read this book!"
--Priscilla Murolo, co-author of From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

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Nell McShane Wulfhart

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The empowering true story of a group of spirited stewardesses who “stood up to huge corporations and won, creating momentous change for all working women.” (Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine)

It was the Golden Age of Travel, and everyone wanted in. As flying boomed in the 1960s, women from across the United States applied for jobs as stewardesses. They were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations like homemaking, nursing, and teaching. 
 
But as the number of “stews” grew, so did their suspicion that the job was not as picture-perfect as the ads would have them believe. “Sky girls” had to adhere to strict weight limits at all times; gain a few extra pounds and they’d be suspended from work. They couldn’t marry or have children; their makeup, hair, and teeth had to be just so. Girdles were mandatory while stewardesses were on the clock. And, most important, stewardesses had to resign at 32.
 
Eventually the stewardesses began to push back and it’s thanks to their trailblazing efforts in part that working women have gotten closer to workplace equality today. Nell McShane Wulfhart crafts a rousing narrative of female empowerment, the paradigm-shifting ’60s and ’70s, the labor movement, and the cadre of gutsy women who fought for their rights—and won. 

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Chapter One

Honeybuns on the Charm Farm

Patt Gibbs became a stewardess to get away from her mother. Gracie Gibbs was a showboat, the best-known person in Springfield, Missouri. She had six children and a thirst for fame. When she and her husband started working at Sifferman’s, a local appliance store, black-and-white televisions were making their first appearance on the shelves. Gracie, who had an air of glamour and an endless belief in her own abilities, convinced the owner to let her star in his commercials, and she soon became known as the face of Sifferman’s. When she and Patt’s father, Bob, opened their own store—Appliances by Gracie—TV stations, still new, were in need of content. Gracie launched her own talk show, Gracie’s Good Neighbor. Local musical talent performed (Brenda Lee, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and other eventually famous singers) between interview segments and Beautiful Baby contests. As far as Springfield went, Gracie was a star.

Patt, who was second eldest, and her five brothers and sisters all made appearances, though Graci…

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