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Femininity in flight : a history of flight attendants / Kathleen M. Barry.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780822339342 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780822339465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xv, 304 p.
- Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Flight attendants > United States > History. Flight attendants > Labor unions > United States. Feminism > United States. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldwater Branch | 331.4 BAR (Text) | 35401424585643 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Femininity in Flight : A History of Flight Attendants
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Table of Contents
Femininity in Flight : A History of Flight Attendants
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| List of Illustrations | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | "Psychological Punch": Nurse-Stewardesses in the 1930s | |
| 2 | "Glamour Girls of the Air": The Postwar Stewardess Mystique | |
| 3 | "Labor's Loveliest": Postwar Union Struggles | |
| 4 | "Nothing But an Airborne Waitress": The Jet Age | |
| 5 | "Do I Look Like an Old Bag?": Glamour and Women's Rights in the Mid-1960s | |
| 6 | "You're White, You're Free and You're 21-What Is It?": Title VII | |
| 7 | "Fly Me? Go Fly Yourself!": Stewardess Liberation in the 1970s | |
| Epilogue: After Title VII and Deregulation | ||
| Notes | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Index |
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