on the history of stewardesses in WWII over here at the United Airlines web site.

The fact that many stewardesses were nurses reminded me of my late mother-in-law, whom I never met (though I like to think she's present in our lives in some sense; I pretend she takes my side in family arguments, since my own mother tends to side with Attila the Hub). She served all over the world as a nurse in WWII, after having attended nursing school in London during the blitz. This included at least one very close scrape, and the experience left its mark on her—as it would on anyone.

She was a great Irish woman, and (later) a great American. She's been a grandmother several times over, and will be one anew sometime soon.

Posted by: Attila at 09:53 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 135 words, total size 1 kb.