14 flight attendants in uniform pose on the tail of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner from the 1940s. #WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on December 23, 2015.
A great promoter of aviation, as well as astronomy and botany, the British author Gertrude Bacon was an experienced balloonist and one of the first women to fly as a passenger in an airplane.
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Ada Brown was the founder and first President of the earliest flight attendant union, in 1945. https://t.co/2UPFnT92Hz #WomeninAviationThis tweet was posted on October 07, 2015.
After Martin passed in 1937, Osa wrote "I Married Adventure", which was adapted into a film in 1940 #WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on August 17, 2016.
Airline fashion from the mid-1970s to the present has largely paralleled general trends and popular tastes in women’s daywear and workplace attire.
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Anne & Charles Lindbergh made headlines around the world with their 1931 Arctic flight to Asia. #WomeninAviationThis tweet was posted on May 11, 2016.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh, played a crucial part in aviation history.
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Anne and Charles Lindbergh made headlines around the world with their 1931 arctic flight to Asia from New York.
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As the seventies progressed, postmodern pluralism brought greater diversity to fashion and several themes with overlapping elements emerged among the airlines.
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As the seventies progressed, postmodern pluralism brought greater diversity to fashion and several themes with overlapping elements emerged among the airlines.
This image was posted on September 21, 2016.
#womeninaviation#braniff#fashion
At the suggestion of actress Audrey Meadows, who was married to Continental’s president Robert Six, hostesses received pearls upon their graduation as worn with this uniform issued from 1967 to 1970.
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Back before computers, airlines took reservations manually.
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Back before the widespread usage of computers, airline employees would take reservations manually. #WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on February 03, 2016.
Before Lawrence, commercial airplanes were rarely painted in bright colors & uniforms were based on a form of military chic #WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on August 03, 2016.
Boeing’s district manager Steve Stimpson conceived of this all-season uniform for the world’s first airline stewardess, registered nurse Ellen Church, who was hired in San Francisco.
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Bonnie Jones Moon worked for Pan Am from 1972 to 1989. Discover her flight attendant story here: https://t.co/JQvItsWIl2 #WomeninAviationThis tweet was posted on October 28, 2015.
Bonnie Tiburzi became the first woman to fly for a major commercial carrier when she was hired by American Airlines in 1973. She began at American as part of its Boeing 727 Astrojet flight crew, and in 1988 was promoted to captain. #WomeninAviation#avgeek#WomensHistoryMonthThis tweet was posted on March 23, 2022.