In addition to those anecdotes, most of Cooke’s subjects seized adventure and cheap off-duty travel, which also gives this book a hint of travelogue but with less romance and more practicality. On one hand, author Julia Cooke tells the tales of Lynne, Karen, Clare, Tori, and Hazel, why they decided to become stewardesses (a word that fits the timeframe) and what their experiences were on the job. If you separate “Come Fly the World” into two different camps – which may be difficult, since the book as a whole is pretty excellent – you’ll see that there really are two parts to it: the story of five women at Pan Am, and the story of women in the 1960s.

soldiers arriving and departing from Vietnam.Īnd in the spring of 1975, three of these women went to Vietnam for one final time … Torild “Tori” Werner, who grew up in Oslo, Norway, likewise set her sights on management but first, she also volunteered for similar shuttle duty for U.S. government such assignments were another step on a carefully planned career ladder. Clare Christiansen had volunteered for duty on a shuttle service to and from Vietnam that Pan Am offered through the U.S. Hazel Bowie of Mankato, Minn., took advantage of new airline rules: as a Black woman, Pan Am’s reach for diversity fit her career goals. Foremost, stewardesses at Pan Am and most other airlines then were required to be unmarried.

Karen Walker was an experienced traveler when she signed up to work at Pan Am at the advanced age of 26, which was at the top of the age-limit for stewardesses they also had height limits and regular weigh-ins, regulation hairstyles, and mandatory attendance at make-up classes in stewardess school in Miami.

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