Sally Kohn: I'd be remiss not to ask about the intersection of this with race. When integration was starting and they hired a few black women as flight attendants, other flight attendants also exhibited the same racism. She says it's wrapped up into obviously sexism and racism, but also division between pilots and stewardesses. Kohn: So many of these women told me that it was the Republicans in the cockpit and the Democrats in the cabin.
In this Live Interview with Nell McShane Wulfhart, we discuss the hidden labor and humiliation of the Airline Industry's "Swingin' 60's" image and how the "pretty faces" behind the tawdry ads fought back.