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. Our House First Time Home Buyer’s Series. BOOK REVIEW: 'Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am' by Julia Cooke - The Washington Informer Close
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