![]() She also discusses Pan Am’s involvement in the Vietnam War, between ferrying soldiers in and out of the country to the evacuation of orphans near the end of the war. ![]() If they were college graduates, spoke two languages, and were politically savvy, they may have found a position with Pan Am.Ĭlarke uses the women’s stories to tell about the feminist movement in the era. But not all women wanted that, and some were fortunate enough to find the freedom in travel. In the early 1960s, women were still expected to get married and start families. ![]() Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia ClarkeĬlarke’s most recent book was released in March 2021 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Ĭome Fly the World is a non-fiction collection of stories that follows a few women fortunate enough to travel the world with Pan Am in the jet-age of travel. ![]()
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