February 20 9p/8c PBS
American Experience lifts off with Fly With Me, a captivating two-hour history of female flight attendants—once referred to and marketed as “stewardesses”—as they sought the adventure of world travel while learning “the high cost of conformity.” Initially not allowed to be wed or have children, regularly weighed and forced to retire as early as 32, these high-flying women would eventually fight back against age, racial, gender and wage discrimination to truly earn their wings
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