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Slacks, Maternity, Captain, United Airlines

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Washington, DC, United States

Maternity UniformUnited Airlines, 1990sIn the early 1990s, United became the first airline to issue an official maternity uniform for its female pilots. By then the industry and the traveling public had accepted that all qualified people, regardless of race or gender, could pilot an airliner. Capt. Cynthia Berkeley wore this uniform.Gift of Capt. Cynthia Berkeley and United Airlines

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