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092 _a940.5449
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aMerryman, Molly,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aClipped wings :
_bthe rise and fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II /
_cMolly Merryman.
250 _aNYU Classics Edition.
250 _aNew York University Press Classics [edition].
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bNew York University Press Classics,
_c[2020]
264 4 _3Original text
_c©1998
264 4 _3Preface to the NYU Classics Edition
_c©2020
300 _axx, 239 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-226) and index.
500 _a"With a new preface."
520 _aIn 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.
505 0 _aList of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface to the NYU Classics Edition -- Introduction -- The development of the Women Airforce Service Pilots : from guarded experiment to valuable support role -- Becoming soldiers : tracing WASP expansion and plans for militarization -- From praise to rancor : media opinion changes as men return from battle -- No allies for the WASPs : Congress responds to male public interest groups -- They'll be home for Christmas : the WASP program disbands -- On a different battlefield : the WASP fight for militarization after the war -- Recognizing the gendered warrior : history and theory intersect with the fate of the WASPs -- Coda.
610 2 0 _aWomen Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xParticipation, Female.
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650 0 _aWomen air pilots
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAerial operations, American.
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