Sandra Force at work Sandra Force is a flight attendant and former elementary school teacher who won the Miss Tennessee USA pageant in 1968.
Originally from Memphis, Tennessee , Force represented Tennessee in the Miss USA 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach , Florida . She placed in the semi-finals for the national title.[ 1] Mississippi College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in art and education then moved to Dallas, Texas .[ 2]
Force left her job as a Dallas school teacher in 1971 to join Southwest Airlines as one of its original flight attendants.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Esquire Magazine [ 2] [ 6] [update] [ 2]
References
^ "Hall of Fame" . Miss Tennessee USA . Retrieved July 13, 2015 .^ a b c West, Richard (February 21, 2014). "Flashback Fridays: Esquire Magazine Creates Iconic Southwest Image" . Nuts About Southwest . Dallas, TX : Southwest Airlines . Retrieved July 13, 2015 . ^ Freiberg, Kevin; Freiberg, Jackie (February 17, 1998). Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success Broadway Books . p. 43. ISBN 978-0-767-90184-0 . Retrieved July 13, 2015 . ^ Bailey, Jeff (May 15, 2006). "On Some Flights, Millionaires Serve the Drinks" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 13, 2015 . ^ Clifford, Geraldine J. (September 19, 2014). Those Good Gertrudes: A Social History of Women Teachers in America Johns Hopkins University Press . p. 318. ISBN 978-1-4214-1433-1 . Retrieved July 13, 2015 . ^ "Their rich history at Southwest" . St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg, FL . May 30, 2006. p. 6A. Retrieved July 13, 2015 .
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Awards and achievements
Preceded byNancy Brackhahn
Miss Tennessee USA Succeeded bySuzie Richardson
