Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon
by
Victoria Vantoch
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood. Stewardesses appeared on magazine covers, on lecture circuits, and in ad campaigns for everything from milk to cigarettes. Airlines enlisted them to pose for publicity shots, mingle...