Showing results for "The Girlfriend" in History

In the golden age of air travel, flying was sold as glamorous, luxurious, and effortlessly chic. But for the young women working the aisles at 30,000 feet, the reality was very different. When Patt Gibbs joined American Airlines in the 1960s, she was trained to be slim, smiling, and subservient. Stewardesses like her were weighed like luggage, forced to retire at 32 years old, banned from marriage, and expected to endure sexual harassment with grace. One extra pound, one birthday too many, or one wedding ring and your wings were clipped. But when Patt walks into a union meeting on a whim, ...

The number 1 hit true crime series is back with more women fighting crime, battling injustice and seriously kicking ass.In Season 1 of The Girlfriends: Spotlight, our global gang of girlfriends grew to include P***y Riot’s punk icon and political prisoner Nadya Tolokonnikova, British Nigerian beauty queen and founder of Miss Trans Global, Miss saHHara and ‘The Erin Brockovich of East Africa’, environmental activist Phyllis Omido. Now host Anna Sinfield returns with more incredible stories of women like bodyguard Jacquie Davis, who set out on a daring mission to free a pregnant British ...

Welcome to Hitler’s English Girlfriend: The Secret Diary of Unity Mitford. Over the last eight months, the Mail has been working on a top secret project… publishing Unity Mitford’s diary for the very first time. Unity Mitford is one of the most notorious women in British history; a high society debutante, who befriended Adolf Hitler as the threat of war loomed across Europe. The Mail received the diary from an anonymous source a year ago, and have had it professionally authenticated by a leading forensic services company. Now, in a world exclusive, the Mail is able to give you access ...