Clipped wings
the rise and fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II
by Molly Merryman
In Clipped Wings, Molly Merryman draws upon military documents, many of which were declassified only in the 1980s, congressional records, and numerous interviews with former WASPs to trace the history of the hundreds of pilots who served their country as the first women to fly military planes.
Importantly, Merryman examines the social pressures that culminated in their disbandment in 1944, even though a wartime need for their services still existed, and documents their struggles and eventual success - in 1977 - to gain military status and receive veterans' benefits.
Clipped Wings recovers the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II while shedding light on larger questions of women's participation in the military and the ways in which social upheavals such as war affect the social construction of gender.
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Aerial operations, American, Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.), History, American Aerial operations, World War, 1939-1945, Female Participation, Women air pilots, Participation, Female, Women in aeronautics, United states, air force, World war, 1939-1945, women, United states, history, World history, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Participation des femmes, Femmes pilotes d'aéronef, Histoire, Military, World War II, Aerial Military operations, American, Military participation, Female, Luftwaffe, Flugzeugführerin, Weltkrieg, GeschichtePlaces
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Clipped Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) of World War II
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