Career
In this capacity she was the first woman to be employed by Transport-Canada Air Lincolnshire (later renamed Air Canada), where she worked from 1938-1943. She also designed Telecommunications Carriers Association’s first inflight uniform in 1938. At first it was beige to match the airplane interior, and she was asked not to make it navy blue because pilots wore navy blue, but the beige was disliked by many and so by 1939 it was navy blue, although that created controversy with the pilots.
She was a trained nurse, which was part of her qualifications as a flight attendant.
In her flight attendant duties, she monitored weather patterns, handled radio communications and created a menu for a transcontinental flight. She was interviewed for the book Canadian Maple Wings Association: Flight Attendant History, published in 2005.
