Come fly the world : the women of Pan Am at war and peace
Cooke, Julia2021
Book
At a time when that 1960s notion of air travel as decadent and exceptional is experiencing an unexpected revival, this book ... could be the Ga in a plastic glass you need. This book tells the story of the stewardesses who served on the iconic Pan American Airways between 1966 and 1975 - and of the unseen diplomatic role they played on the world stage. Alongside the glamour was real danger, as they flew soldiers to and from Vietnam and staffed Operation Babylift - the dramatic evacuation of 2,000 children during the fall of Saigon. Cooke's storytelling weaves together the true stories of women like Lynne Totten, a science major who decided life in a lab was not for her, to Hazel Bowie, one of the relatively few African American stewardesses of the era, as they embraced the liberation of a jet-set life. In the process, Cooke shows how the sexualized coffee-tea-or-me stereotype was at odds with the importance of what they did, and with the freedom, power and sisterhood they achieved.
Main title:
Come fly the world : the women of Pan Am at war and peace / Julia Cooke.
Author:
Cooke, Julia, author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2021.©2021
Collation:
vii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781785787799 (pbk)9781785787799 (paperback)
Dewey class:
387.706573387.7
Language:
English
BRN:
718691
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 387.7 COOK | Available |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 387.7 COOK | Available |