
News Brief: "Go Fly Yourself": Marketing 'Sex' and the Great Stewardess Rebellion of the 1970s
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The Rise and Fall of the Stewardesses Movement for Women's Rights
The transport workers union hated stewardesses for women's rights. They accused them of dual unionism and threatened to expel these women who belonged to the group, which is a very serious threat. The fact that he was so threatened by this group of 1500 stewardesses and the headlines they were getting says a lot about like the outside amount of power that they had.
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