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For Sheldon, who had been born into a farming family in central Wisconsin before the Civil War, and for other women like her, the position of ship stewardess was a rare and, from the outside, glamorous chance to see the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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April White, JSTOR Daily, 21 July 2025
At the time, the stewardess insisted the items were to manage her anxiety.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 July 2025
Both of her parents worked for the now-defunct pan-African airline Air Afrique—her father as a pilot and her mother as a stewardess, which afforded Diouf the chance to travel widely from a young age.
—Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 30 June 2025
The air stewardess had to squeeze sideways past rows of oil-rig workers with puffy Arctic coats.
—James Rebanks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
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April White, JSTOR Daily, 21 July 2025
At the time, the stewardess insisted the items were to manage her anxiety.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 July 2025
Both of her parents worked for the now-defunct pan-African airline Air Afrique—her father as a pilot and her mother as a stewardess, which afforded Diouf the chance to travel widely from a young age.
—Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 30 June 2025
The air stewardess had to squeeze sideways past rows of oil-rig workers with puffy Arctic coats.
—James Rebanks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewardess
steward
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However, the complaint claims neither Carnival’s cabin stewards nor the housekeepers ever took any action.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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In making Lin and Grady co-stewards, Sequoia is returning to the successful formula last employed when partners Michael Moritz and Doug Leone served as co-stewards.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Stewardess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewardess. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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