Clipped Wings : : The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II /

Clipped Wings : : The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II / / Molly Merryman.

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During World War II, all branches of the military had women's auxiliaries. Only the Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) program, however, was comprised entirely of women who flew dangerous missions more commonly associated with and desired by men. Within military hierarchies, the World War II p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Merryman, Molly,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997]
©1997
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 14 b/w images
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Development of the Women Airforce Service Pilots: From Guarded Experiment to Valuable Support Role
  • 3. Becoming Soldiers: Tracing WASP Expansion and Plans for Militarization
  • 4. From Praise to Rancor: Media Opinion Changes as Men Return from Battle
  • 5. No Allies for the WASPs: Congress Responds to Male Public Interest Groups
  • 6. They’ll Be Home for Christmas: The WASP Program Disbands
  • 7. On a Different Battlefield: The WASP Fight for Militarization after the War
  • 8. Recognizing the Gendered Warrior: History and Theory Intersect with the Fate of the WASPs
  • 9. Coda
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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