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Sarah Colt Productions @SarahColtProd

Sarah Colt Productions creates visually striking, character-driven documentaries aimed to educate and inspire.

Joined August 2018
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The New York Times
@nytimes
19 Feb 2024
Decades ago, “stewardesses” earned less than men, couldn’t get married or gain weight, and had to retire at 32. Mary Pat Laffey Inman, a key figure in a lawsuit that ended many discriminatory practices in the skies, looks back at a not-so-golden era. nyti.ms/4bFsEQ1

Glamour, Travel, Sexism: When Flight Attendants Fought Back (Published 2024)

Decades ago, “stewardesses” earned less than men, couldn’t get married or gain weight, and had to retire at 32. A key figure in a landmark lawsuit looks back at a not-so-golden era.

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Kathleen Barry@kathleenmbarry2
8 Feb 2024
Love this: stunning airline ads alongside flight attendants talking about realities of the job pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperie…

The Golden Age of Flight Wasn’t So Golden for Flight Attendants | American Experience | PBS

Play fact-or-fiction with this gallery of vintage airline advertisements.

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Sarah Colt Productions retweeted
American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
Replying to @SarahColtProd @kathleenmbarry2 @TheFlyGirl10
✈️ Did you miss tonight’s broadcast? #FlyWithMePBS is now streaming online and on the @PBS App 👇 pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperie…

Fly With Me | American Experience | PBS

The story of the pioneering women who changed the world while flying it. Maligned as feminist sellouts, “stewardesses,” as they were called, were on the frontlines of a battle to assert gender...

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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
“We weren't fighting for ourselves. That's what made it so wonderful. I wasn't fighting for me. I was fighting for the girl next to me.” - Dusty Roads #FlyWithMePBS
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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
Replying to @MsMagazine @GloriaSteinem
Check out this @NYTimes Q&A with Mary Pat Laffey Inman about her experience as a stewardess and her landmark lawsuit. #FlyWithMePBS nytimes.com/2024/02/19/trave…

Glamour, Travel, Sexism: When Flight Attendants Fought Back (Gift Article)

Decades ago, “stewardesses” earned less than men, couldn’t get married or gain weight, and had to retire at 32. A key figure in a landmark lawsuit looks back at a not-so-golden era.

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Cameo George@cameogeorge
21 Feb 2024
Female flight attendant to Mary Pat Laffey Inman after win in anti-gender discrimination class action lawsuit against Northwest Airlines: "Every time I walk around my single hotel room naked I think of you!" #FlyWithMePBS @AmExperiencePBS
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Kathleen Heenan documented her international travels while working as a TWA flight attendant in an album she shared with the filmmakers. #FlyWithMePBS @AmExperiencePBS
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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
Stewardesses for Women’s Rights found common cause in a surprising, high-profile ally: @MsMagazine founder @GloriaSteinem. #FlyWithMePBS to.pbs.org/48ii12P

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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
“Once you open your eyes, you can never wholly close them again.” - Patricia Ireland #FlyWithMePBS
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Cameo George@cameogeorge
21 Feb 2024
"Olde English Wench" stewardess uniform gets me every time! 🤣😳 #FlyWithMePBS @AmExperiencePBS
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To learn more about flight attendants working on military air charters during the Vietnam War, check out @SFOMuseum gallery sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/fl… #FlyWithMePBS
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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
As highly trained safety professionals working in physically demanding roles, the reality of stewardesses belied their carefree depiction in airlines’ advertisements. #FlyWithMePBS to.pbs.org/3HTIwAP

The Golden Age of Flight Wasn’t So Golden for Flight Attendants | American Experience | PBS

Play fact-or-fiction with this gallery of vintage airline advertisements.

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Celeste Lansdale Brodigan saved many of the published newspaper articles about her "funny story." #FlyWithMePBS
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Enjoying the FLY WITH ME soundtrack? Composer @TroyHerion used a 1959 Gretsch to capture that distinctive 1960s sound. #flywithmepbs @AmExperiencePBS
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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
In October 1966, a group including Betty Friedan (far right), Pauli Murray (second from left) and Sonia Pressman Fuentes (fifth from right) formed the National Organization for Women (NOW) to pressure the EEOC to enforce Title VII and to fight for women’s equality. #FlyWithMePBS
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Lilmissfergus@StAndrewsMN
21 Feb 2024
Who knew that NOW originated with flight attendants seeking their rights?!? Awesome history here as always @AmExperiencePBS ! #FlyWithMePBS

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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
A lesser known fact about the 1964 Civil Rights Act is that it offers protections from gender discrimination—but it almost didn’t. #FlyWithMePBS youtu.be/M6zcET1MLq8

The surprising reason why women were included in the 1964 Civil...

Did you know that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 wasn’t supposed to i...

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American Experience@AmExperiencePBS
21 Feb 2024
“These were not women who were setting out to break barriers for women. They just wanted to keep their jobs.” -@juliaccooke #FlyWithMePBS
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"The law said you have to handle cases of sex discrimination. You don't have a choice when a law says something has to be investigated, to say "I don't feel like doing that part of the law!" - Sonia Pressman Fuentes #FlyWithMePBS @AmExperiencePBS
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Dave Jones@misterjonesmtl
21 Feb 2024
Replying to @SarahColtProd @AmExperiencePBS
Enlightening show tonight. Go Pat! “Wow out loud” stuff
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