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Sally Keil, herself a pilot and a niece of a WASP, spent
five years interviewing former WASPs throughout the country
o have them re-live the excitement of those years of service
to their country, a service that went for more than 30 years
unappreciated and unrecognized by the Government. For as the
war drew to a close and male pilots returned home to become available for the jobs
the WASPs were doing, Congress peremptorily disbanded the corp and the women were
told to go home. Not until 1977, were the WASPs given official veterans' standing
with the signing of such a bill by President Carter.
THOSE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES includes photographs of the
WASPs in training and in action, and is published on March 1st.
February 20, 1979
TRV, W, A, B, SR
Further information: Carolyn Anthony or Gwenn Mayers
THOSE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES is available at your local
bookstore or can be ordered (at $10.95 + 750 postage & handling) from
Rawson, Wade Publishers.
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Anthony, Carolyn & Mayers, Gwenn. "Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines" Re-Creates Absorbing Page of Women's History, text, February 20, 1979; 630 Third Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10017. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877285/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.