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On October 26, 1958, a Boeing 707 airplane—the first commercially widespread jetliner—took off from New York en route to Paris, and with it launched the Jet Age. Explore a gallery of jet-age advertising 👇 #FlyWithMePBS to.pbs.org/3HTIwAP
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After decades of airlines only hiring white flight attendants, in 1955, Pan Am hired its first Japanese-American stewardesses to service flights between San Francisco, Honolulu and Tokyo. #FlyWithMePBS #AANHPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHeritageMonth to.pbs.org/4arUXj6
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Fifty years ago today, news stations announced the ruling in Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, which ordered the airline to pay back wages to stewardesses who were fired for their weight or received less pay than male counterparts. #FlyWithMePBS nyti.ms/3vElRpI
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In the 1960s, stewardesses fighting for workplace equality found common cause in a surprising, high-profile ally: activist, organizer and Ms. Magazine founder Gloria Steinem, who turns 90 today. #WomensHistoryMonth #FlyWithMePBS to.pbs.org/48ii12P

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This Women's History Month, meet the women who set out to fly the world and ended up changing it in FLY WITH ME, now streaming on YouTube, PBS .org and in the free @PBS App! #WomensHistoryMonth #FlyWithMePBS to.pbs.org/4a8PpKA

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was meant to address racial inequalities in the United States. But a surprising late addition added "sex" to the protected categories. Was it an act of altruism or a poison pill? #WomensHistoryMonth #FlyWithMePBS bit.ly/3OFIP5R
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Four years after filing a racial discrimination case against three major airlines, on February 29, 1960, the court ruled in Pat Banks' favor, opening the doors for Black women to become flight attendants. #BlackHistoryMonth #FlyWithMePBS bit.ly/4bqTWcV
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Most chronicles of the Civil Rights Movement focus on marches and sit-ins. But there is a crucial racial justice battleground often overlooked—and it unfolded in the sky. #BlackHistoryMonth #FlyWithMePBS bit.ly/3uyGQtC
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Exactly. #FlyWithMePBS
I just watched the last bits of some PBS documentary about women fight attendants fighting for labor rights in the 60s and 70s and I’m just like
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Fly With Me is out now! ✈️🎊 #FlyWithMePBS
FLY WITH ME starts soon - join us as we live-post the premiere: #FlyWithMePBS Watch along on your local @PBS station, or stream the film online beginning at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/3OdMbNo
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What questions do you have for @SarahColtProd, @kathleenmbarry2 and @theflygirl10 after watching #FlyWithMePBS?
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I thoroughly enjoyed this. Highly recommended. #FlyWithMePBS
FLY WITH ME starts soon - join us as we live-post the premiere: #FlyWithMePBS Watch along on your local @PBS station, or stream the film online beginning at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/3OdMbNo
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Thanks again to @LibertyMutual, Carlisle Companies, @SloanPublic, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, GBH Voices and Equity Fund, @BetterAngelsSoc, Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation, The American Experience Trust & @CPBmedia for supporting #FlyWithMePBS and #AmericanExperiencePBS.
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Thanks for watching with us! What did you learn from #FlyWithMePBS?
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“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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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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Oh Now they wanted her Face Out there to try and Prove that they were not ‘Racist’ 🙄🤬 #FlyWithMePBS
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