betty friedan wanted results.en, and it started happening. >> basic training for stewardesses is meant to turn a girl into a woman. the airline gives her beauty tips, a sense of responsibility. stewardesses must be slinky sex symbols. pilots can be homely and bald. >> they had hearings on the airline industry and the stewardess situation because, of course, stewardesses were fired if they got married and they had to be a certain weight and height. and their hands had to be soft and all this other stuff. >> we have an issue here, the 32-year age retirement, because behind that age retirement lies the future of the whole profession. >> the airline executives are saying their clients are not going to get on board the plane unless there is a beautiful, young, unmarried woman greeting them at the stairs. >> ms. boland, what are you girls asking the congress to do for you? >> we're asking them to give us an equal chance to continue in the job that we have chosen as a profession. there is no bona fide reason for terminat