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Vorlage:Infobox person Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965) was the first female flight attendant.[1]
Biography
Church was born in Cresco, Iowa. After graduating from Cresco High School, Church studied nursing and worked in a San Francisco hospital.[2] She was a pilot and a registered nurse. Steve Stimpson, the manager of the San Francisco office of Boeing Air Transport (BAT), would not hire her as a pilot, but did pass along her suggestion to put nurses on board airplanes to calm the public's fear of flying.[2] In 1930, BAT hired Church as head stewardess, and she recruited seven others for a three-month trial period.[2]
The stewardesses, or "sky girls" as BAT called them,[1][3] had to be registered nurses, "single, younger than 25 years old; weigh less than 115 pounds [52 kg]; and stand less than 5 feet, 4 inches tall [1.63 m]".[1] In addition to attending to the passengers, they were expected to, when necessary, help with hauling luggage, fueling and assisting pilots to push the aircraft into hangars.[3] However, the salary was good: $125 a month.[1][2]
Church became the first stewardess to fly (though not the first flight attendant, as German Heinrich Kubis had preceded her in 1912). On May 15, 1930, she embarked on a Boeing 80A for a 20-hour flight from Oakland/San Francisco to Chicago with 13 stops and 14 passengers.[4] According to one source, the pilot was another aviation pioneer, Elrey Borge Jeppesen.[5]
The innovation was a resounding success - the other airlines followed BAT's example over the next few years - but an injury from an automobile accident ended her career after 18 months. She obtained a bachelor's degree in nursing education from the University of Minnesota and resumed nursing.[1][6] In 1936, she became supervisor of pediatrics at Milwaukee County Hospital.[6] During World War II, Church served in the Army Nurse Corps as a captain and flight nurse and earned an Air Medal.[1] She moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, where she became director of nursing and later an administrator at Union Hospital.[6]
In 1964, she married Leonard Briggs Marshall, president of the Terre Haute First National Bank.[4][6] A horse riding accident ended her life in 1965.[4][6]
Legacy
Cresco's municipal airport was named Ellen Church Field (KCJJ) in her honor.[1]
References
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Kategorie:Aviation pioneers
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- ↑ a b c d e f g Ellen Church. PBS. Abgerufen im August 25, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d Ellen Church: The Flying Nurse. Iowa Public Television. Abgerufen im August 25, 2012.
- ↑ a b Tony Long: May 15, 1930: The Skies Get a Little Bit Friendlier. Wired magazine. May 15, 2008. Abgerufen im August 25, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Shane Nolan: United Airlines Celebrates 80 Years Of The Flight Attendant Profession. Aviation Online Magazine. April 30, 2010. Abgerufen im August 25, 2012.
- ↑ Cary Baird: New Book Marks Jeppesen’s 100th Birthday. February 2007. Abgerufen im August 25, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d e Ellen (Marshall) Church. Cresco website (crespochamber.com). Abgerufen im August 25, 2012.
