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Author Cooke, Julia, author.

Title Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am / Julia Cooke.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2054385~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  387.7420922 COO    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  387.7420922 COO    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  387.7420922 COO    AVAILABLE
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Description vii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and index.
Contents A jet-age job -- Horizons unlimited -- A woman in uniform -- Pipeline to paradise -- Foreign service -- Pan Am was the American flag -- Unequivocally in the world -- One, two, three, what are we fighting for? -- What do you women want? -- I'm okay, you're okay -- Open skies for Negro girls -- She's so busy being free -- Splendid capitalist airplanes -- De facto feminist -- A matter of serious and continuing concern -- An extension of the airline -- Everything flyable -- War comes aboard -- The most incredible scene -- The only lonely place was on the moon.
Summary "A lively, unexpected portrait of the jet-age stewardesses serving on iconic Pan Am airways between 1966 and 1975"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Pan American World Airways, Inc. -- History.
Pan American World Airways, Inc. -- Employees -- Biography.
Flight attendants -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Flight attendants -- United States -- Biography.
Sex role in the work environment -- United States.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9780358251408 (hardcover)
0358251400 (hardcover)
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