The novel highlights the beginning of the airline industry, which gave women a new opportunity for independence, glamor, and the ability to travel the world by being becoming flight attendants. A stewardess role provided women an alternative to the limited career opportunities in the 1950s outside of the norm household roles as wife and mother. Yet, to become a stewardess let alone a Pan Am stewardess required a college degree, the ability to speak two languages, be under the age of 26, be between 5 foot 3 and 5 foot 9, AND weigh between 105 and 140 pounds. It is a historical novel depicting the history of the airline industry and gender expectations set in a real period on the edge of change. The novel brilliantly ties in incredible real-life stories of Pan Am stewardesses who truly defied the roles and expectations of women at that time.
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