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The Women with Silver Wings PDF “With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls
“A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—Newsday
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army’s rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings.
The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country—and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.
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Katherine Sharp Landdeck is an associate professor of history at Texas Woman’s University, the home of the WASP archives. A Guggenheim Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where she earned her Ph.D., Landdeck has received numerous awards for her work on the WASP and has appeared as an expert on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS, and the History channel. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and HuffPost, as well as in numerous academic and aviation publications. Landdeck is a licensed pilot who flies whenever she can.
Proportions of The Women with Silver Wings PDF
- Publisher : Crown; Reprint edition (March 30, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 464 pages
International Standard Book Number-10 : 1524762822
International Standard Book Number-13 : 978-1524762827
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.2 x 1 x 8 inches - The Women with Silver Wings PDF
Reviews From Customers
Eileen McDargh
A Deeply researched book on a forgotten piece of history
June 7, 2020
Our mother was a WASP. While I’ve known the history, gathered at all the functions, and named us KOWs: Kids of WASP, Kate offers a deeper, more detailed account into their struggle to be given the due for their service to this country. Hats off to the women who persevered. To think that when they were disbanded in 1944, women would not be allowed into the cockpits of military planes for 30 years! A great read.
Camilla K Zimbal
Inspiring Trailblazers
July 28, 2020
As a WAC serving as a direct commissioned officer from 1974-1980, I found this book tremendously inspiring. A well researched and detailed history that needed to be told. The author has completed a work that will resonate with all women who have served in the military. The trials, obstacles, and heartaches the WASP’s had to overcome, as trailblazers, to bring about opportunities for the women who followed were amazing. The sadness of their disbandment and their continued struggles and attempts to “find their way” and belonging, amongst their brothers who served, still challenges female soldiers today. You can not help being touched by their passion and desires to serve their country and the sisterhood they maintained to win their rightful place in history. Thank you Dr. Landdeck for giving us this amazing history of such a hard fought journey for our female soldiers. To the WASP’s we will forever be grateful for your pioneering volunteerism and service.
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