Ruth Carol Taylor | HistoryForge

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191623

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Black Female born in 1932

Ruth Carol Taylor was the first African American flight attendant in the United States. A graduate of Trumansburg High School and Elmira College, Taylor was hired in 1957 by Mohawk Airlines.

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1950	Taylor, Ruth C	Daughter	second house from Podunk Road Taughannock Rd	18	Black	Massachusetts	Never Married	None

Relatives in 1950 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Taylor, William E	Head	second house from Podunk Road Taughannock Rd	47	Black	North Carolina	Married	Farming
Taylor, Ruth P	Wife	second house from Podunk Road Taughannock Rd	45	Black	Massachusetts	Married	Registered Nurse
Taylor, Shaw T	Son	second house from Podunk Road Taughannock Rd	15	Black	Massachusetts	Never Married	None

"Miss Ruth Carol Taylor, formerly of Trumansburg, has been employed as an airline stewardess by Mohawk Airlines, the first Negro stewardess on a U.S. commercial airline.
Miss Taylor is the daughter of Mrs. Ruth Powell Taylor of New York City and the late William Edison Taylor. Miss Taylor lives with her mother.
She was graduated from Trumansburg Central High School, attended Elmira College and was graduated from the Bellevue School of Nursing in 1955.
Miss Taylor will report for work with Mohawk Monday Jan 13.
Charles Abrams, chairman of the State Commission Against Discrimination, said Sunday that Miss Taylor is the first Negro hired as an airline stewardess in the history of commercial aviation in the United States.
She had filed a complaint with the SCAD after applying to Trans World Airlines for a job as stewardess and being told she could not be hired because of 'intangible factors that have to be considered.'"

"Mohawk Hires First Negro Stewardess," Ithaca Journal, December 23, 1957, 4.

1957

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