Author Interview - Julia Cooke, author of Come Fly the World
When you started this project, did you realize that it would contain such rich cultural and political history? What were some of your most interesting or surprising research discoveries? I had no idea where the project would lead me, really, and I certainly did not think it would lead me toward the Vietnam War. I was so drawn to the contrast between the public image these women were asked to promote—beautiful, effortless, glamorous—and the really quite dangerous work they performed. I got outraged on their behalf at first; stewardesses were often stereotyped as being insubstantial when re...
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