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00:07 Small town girls like me looked at a flight attendant and
00:10 thought that's the best job in the world.
00:12 The idea that I would get to fly around the world was just extraordinary.
00:18 Stewardesses were glamorous.
00:20 It just looked like the world was theirs, and I wanted that life.
00:24 But no other job offered as much freedom with such a high cost of conformity.
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00:32 >> License and registration.
00:33 >> We were all supposed to look the same.
00:35 >> We looked like 20 mannequins.
00:37 I couldn't find myself in this photograph.
00:41 >> You couldn't be married, couldn't have children.
00:44 >> They weighed you in every month.
00:45 >> Just for one pound you could be taken off a payroll.
00:49 >> And the airline started adding the age rule too.
00:52 >> When you reach the age of 32, they just want to get rid of you.
00:56 >> They were being marketed basically as a Barbie doll.
00:59 >> They were selling sex instead of safety.
01:02 >> You had people try to squeeze past so they could fill your body.
01:06 >> I was the only student of color in the school.
01:09 She said the airlines do not hire Negroes.
01:11 I was determined that somebody of African American heritage was going to get this job.
01:17 [MUSIC]
01:19 >> I don't think we realized what a revolutionary thing we were doing.
01:23 >> The airlines had no idea what was coming.
01:26 >> That moment was a turning point for me.
01:29 >> I said to hell with this.
01:30 Why is it okay for a pilot to marry and not a stewardess?
01:34 >> And I thought about it.
01:36 Okay, you don't want me here?
01:38 Watch this.
01:39 [MUSIC]
01:41 >> These were not women who were setting out to break barriers for women.
01:44 They just wanted to keep their jobs.
01:47 >> Airlines hired these women who were independent and curious.
01:50 >> And it's amazing to me that airlines would expect that they would be a docile group.
01:54 [MUSIC]