Celebrating Black History Month: Ruth Carol Taylor, first African-American flight attendant

Ruth Carol Taylor, born December 27, 1931, was the first African-American flight attendant in the US.  She became a registered nurse from the Bellevue School of Nursing in New York City.  She was hired in December 1957 and started on February 11, 1958 as a flight attendant for Mohawk Airlines, for the Ithaca to New York route.  

She was let go within six months because Mohawk Air had a ban against common marriage ban.