Remembering the ‘Great Stewardess Rebellion’

The Book Review

The New York Times

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🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Nell McShane Wulfhart discusses her new history of a labor movement, and James Kirchick talks about “Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.”

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0:00.0	The age restrictions and the marriage restrictions and the pregnancy restrictions, obviously that
0:08.4	was a big no-no.
0:09.6	They had been part of the contracts for many years, I think, for as long as stewardesses
0:14.2	had been working.
0:15.7	With labor movements in the news, Nell McShane Wolfhardt joins us to talk about a bit of
0:19.6	labor history in her new book, The Great Stewardess Rebellion, how women launched a workplace
0:24.3	revolution at 30,000 feet.
0:27.2	The day people could be blamed for fascism, they could be blamed for communism, they
0:31.2	could be tired as potential traders and spies.
0:34.8	The journalist James Kurchik is here to discuss his sweeping new book, Secret City, The Hidden
0:39.4	History of Gay Washington.
0:41.4	Plus, my colleague's Lauren Christensen and Greg Coles will be here to talk about what we've
0:46.1	all been reading.
0:48.6	This is the Book Review Podcast.
0:50.5	It's May 27th.
0:51.5	I'm John Williams.
0:56.0	Nell McShane Wolfhardt is here.
0:57.5	Her new book is The Great Stewardess Rebellion, how women launched a workplace revolution
1:02.4	at 30,000 feet.
1:04.2	Nell, thanks for being here.
1:05.6	Thanks so much for having me.
1:06.6	I'm excited to be here.
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