Patricia Banks-Edmiston reflects on her trailblazing career.
Edmiston fought the fight and, as a result, took flight as the first Black flight stewardess for a commercial airline in the United States.They say the sky is the limit, but for Patricia Banks-Edmiston, that's only if you're willing to fight for it.
To hear Edmiston tell it, the following words were what sparked the match for her trailblazing path: "They don't hire Negroes." "I was interviewed by Mohawk , TWA and Capital Airlines - and I got no results," she said. "So one of the chief stewardesses mentioned to me one day outside, she said, 'I hate to see you go through this, but they don't hire Negroes.'"Having endured a great deal of racism in her time, Edmiston refused to let it silence her voice and seize control of her story. She spoke with a family friend, who introduced her to Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
But before that fateful call, Edmiston's fight had already opened doors to other women in flight: Ruth Carol Taylor was hired as the first Black flight attendant, working for Mohawk Airlines.
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