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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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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Merryman, Molly,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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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

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