“As a Stewardess Sees It”: Locating Experience and Emotion in the Work of Australian Ship Stewardesses

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This first study undertaken of Australian ship stewardesses draws attention to specific aspects of working in the male-dominated maritime industry. It takes a feminist methodology that looks to women-authored sources to find evidence of experience not visible in traditional union and business archives. The article makes a case for “Letters to the Editor” as a source for accessing emotions in labour history. These letters allow women’s voices to be foregrounded and provide insights into women’s workplace experiences of sexual harassment, the public–private domain of their work, and gendered concepts like ambition and heroism. Letters reveal girls’ continuing aspirations for paid work.

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