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Jump Seat: 1963-1976: A Stewardess's Memoir
Janet Angell, author
"Jump Seat" is Janet Angell's memoir about her fun and rewarding almost thirteen-year career as a flight attendant (then called stewardess) prior to and at the start of the jet age. She was initially based in Washington, D.C., flying domestic trips, carrying politicians and other noteables who traveleled in and out of the city. Her book also talks about her life away from the airline, international travel on her own time, and later working trips across the Pacific. She was there when the civil rights law was passed and disriminatory rules that prohibited, among other things, marriage and working past the age of 32, were changed.