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AT FIRST, THEY WERE 'SKY GIRLS' 75 years ago, 8 daring nurses led the way for today's flight attendants
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When Chicago nurse Harriet Fry landed a job in 1930 as one of the
first stewardesses, the plane's body was largely plywood and canvas,
the pilots wore goggles and packed six-shooters, and passengers were
allowed to smoke -- once the gasoline fumes disappeared from the
cabin.
Kathryn Parks did everything she could to talk her 23-year-old kid
sister out of taking the job.
"I was scared -- short and simple," said Parks, who turned 100
last month. "I didn't want them to have trouble ...
