Why are most flight attendants women? | 7 Questions with an Aviation Writer

What made Amelia Earhart so special? How have Black women advanced aviation history? Writer Brenda Mandt shares her answers to seven questions from social media about women in aviation and space history.

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Note: These questions were sourced from social media and are presented using the language they were written in by the original askers.

0:00 Intro
0:18 Q1 - Amelia Earhart
1:38 Q2 - Women on the front lines
2:43 Q3 - Women Airforce Service Pilots
6:30 Q4 - Flying firsts
8:05 Q5 - Black women in aviation
11:23 Q6 - Flight attendant history
14:08 Q7 - The Mercury 13

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