Kathleen Barry

Assoc Director, Fellowships, Scholars & Fellows Programs at JHU. Historian, too.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@BaltCoPS So proud of my daughter Lila and her super impressive exhibit on the backlash against second-wave feminism! Thanks for recognizing all these students. Would love to see BCPS do more to engage students in this excellent program.

[American Experience @AmExperiencePBS]

Most chronicles of the Civil Rights Movement focus on marches and sit-ins. But there is a crucial racial justice battleground often overlooked—and it unfolded in the sky.

#BlackHistoryMonth #FlyWithMePBS
https://t.co/3NDZtewtIC

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@MaryAnneBaumga1 @AmExperiencePBS @SarahColtProd @TheFlyGirl10 Thank you, and I totally agree with your friend!

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@Primo_Levi @AmExperiencePBS @SarahColtProd @TheFlyGirl10 Thanks so much for the question!

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@Primo_Levi @AmExperiencePBS @SarahColtProd @TheFlyGirl10 So you get fancy meals and cocktails (with predictable consequences) on fine china, served from tiny galleys. Lots of work to be sure! And then the jet age arrives, where flight times drop, passenger loads increase, but airlines still want to keep up the luxury.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@Primo_Levi @AmExperiencePBS @SarahColtProd @TheFlyGirl10 Labor historians call this a "speed up" and a "stretch out." Reading about flying in the first decade or so, it sounds kind of chaotic on occasion, before you had strict rules on baggage and the like. And I should add that "age rage" has always been part of the job for f/as.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@MaryAnneBaumga1 @AmExperiencePBS @SarahColtProd @TheFlyGirl10 And in recent years, you see international airlines that are still committed to the older restrictive vision of who should be a flight attendant. Qatar Airlines got in trouble a few years back for allegedly requiring flight attendants to ask permission to marry.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@MaryAnneBaumga1 @AmExperiencePBS @SarahColtProd @TheFlyGirl10 It really underlines how consistent the vision of flight attendants was as international airlines took their cues from the US industry. Rules about marriage and age could vary internationally (and there were exceptions in the US), but the desired demographics were consistent.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@AmExperiencePBS The head of one of the flight attendant unions, Colleen Boland, is in the back row, behind Sonia Pressman Fuentes.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@AmExperiencePBS Love that image!

[American Experience @AmExperiencePBS]

Tonight! Hear the story of the pioneering women who transformed the world while flying it.

✈️ #FlyWithMePBS premieres 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the free PBS App → https://t.co/9SqCEZilwj

[American Experience @AmExperiencePBS]

The Integrator. The Networker. The Advocate. The Organizer. Meet the women who changed what it meant to be a flight attendant.

✈️ Don't miss the premiere of #FlyWithMePBS, Tue Feb 20 at 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the PBS App → https://t.co/9SqCEZilwj

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

Great feature in the Washington Post about "Fly with Me" - debuting on PBS this Tuesday!
https://t.co/t4a5S3LU5Y

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

Love this: stunning airline ads alongside flight attendants talking about realities of the job
https://t.co/wtQrpXYk4h

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@SydneyVanMorgan Lots of amazing interviews with flight attendant activists!

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

It's my first post since 2021! So excited to encourage everyone to check out this fantastic new film on flight attendants (a subject near and dear to my heart). This is an amazing story of women fighting for workplace equality - please don't miss it! Airing on PBS on February 20.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

@SydneyVanMorgan Yes, but among the talking heads, my screen time is very small.

[Kathleen Barry @kathleenmbarry2]

Way to go, Lila!!👏

[Maryland History Day @MDHistoryDay]

Congratulations to Lila of @DumbartonMiddle, whose project on Frederick Douglass and the U.S. Constitution earned her a Special Prize! Lila used archival copies of The North Star newspaper, published by Douglass, to tie in the #NHD2021 theme of Communication. Great work Lila!