purser

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In 1970, Ms. Laffey Inman, a union leader and Northwest’s first female purser — the lead attendant on a flight — spearheaded a class-action suit, Laffey v.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Laffey Inman fought to become the first female purser at what was then known as Northwest Orient Airlines.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

The brothers made their professional debut as children, when their father put them on a boat to Detroit to visit an uncle and told the purser the boys would put on a free show.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

I raised it with the purser - the man was moved and spoken to, apparently.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2017

Mr. Alexander Leach was purser and confidential agent.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Cumberland, Barlow