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Traveling as a Profession
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Stewardess aboard the Passenger Ship
Majestic
埃德温·莱维克photographer
The Mariners' Museum,
Edwin Levick Collection
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As more women traveled, work as a stewardess became more acceptable. Like a domestic house servant of the same period, stewardesses were at the beck and call of the passengers, including early mornings and late nights. The best stewardesses worked in first class and often earned sizable tips for their good service.
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Violet Jessop
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Petite Violet Jessop, who had lost a lung to tuberculosis in her youth, sailed from 1908 to 1950. She served as a first-class stewardess aboard theTitanicand survived the ship's sinking on April 15, 1912. She then transferred to the newly commissioned hospital shipBritannic. She was injured during theBritannic'ssinking in the Aegean, but returned to the sea to finish out her career.
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