Photo credits: Ruth Carol Taylor for Mohawk Airlines Ruth Carol Taylor (pictured left) was born on December 27, 1931. She was the first African-American flight attendant in the United States. Born in Boston, Massachusetts into a family of black, white, and Cherokee heritage, Taylor attended Elmira College and graduated as a registered nurse from the Bellevue School of Nursing in New York City. Hired in December 1957, on […]
