NATCA - On May 15, 1930, Ellen Church became the world's first airline flight attendant (then called a “stewardess”), working a Boeing Air Transport (BAT) flight from Oakland, Calif., to Chicago. The
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Women in Transportation History: Ellen Church, First Female Flight Attendant – Transportation History
Federal Aviation Administration - "Sky Girl," nurse, role model: In 1930, Boeing Air Transport inaugurated the first U.S. airline stewardess service. Ellen Church, a registered nurse, became the first flight attendant and
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