May 30, 2012
Betty Riley Stockard is one of three women discussing their experiences in aviation history at an upcoming event
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Women in Aviation History
Local women will discuss their experiences on June 19
The public feared flying when Betty Riley Stockard was hired by United as one of the first airline Stewardesses in 1942 shortly after Pearl Harbor. United employed pretty young women as Stewardesses on flights hoping the public would think if the young women were willing to fly, it must be safe. It worked.