Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965)
Church, a registered nurse and aspiring pilot, became the world’s first
stewardess to fly when she embarked on a Boeing 80A for a 20-hour
flight from Oakland/San Francisco to Chicago with 13 stops and 14
passengers. According to one source, the pilot was another aviation
pioneer, Elrey Borge Jeppesen (below).
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