Clipped Wings : : The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II / / Molly Merryman.
Revives the overlooked stories of pioneering women aviators, who are also featured in the forthcoming documentary film Coming Home: Fight for a LegacyDuring World War II, all branches of the military had women's auxiliaries. Only the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, however, was ma...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface to the NYU Classics Edition
- 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