Caught Between Sexism and Feminism, Pan Am Stewardesses Changed the World

Stewardesses were central to the glamour of air travel in its early days—but they were so much more than pretty faces in fitted suits. Journalist Julia Cooke’s book explores the many ways Pan Am stewardesses broke barriers at a time when women were not supposed to be proudly single, financially independent world travelers. Cooke’s book is “Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am.”