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TWA's first Negro stewardess
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TWA's first Negro stewardess

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) · May 11, 1958

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Margaret Grant, 21, the first negro to be employed as a stewardess by TWA, is shown primping up before a mirror in her home at 259 West 152nd Street today. Margaret, who was named "Miss Transit of 1956",- hasn't received her new uniform yet.

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