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[Clipping: Monument Unveiled]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a photograph of an unveiled WASP monument. Text reads: " Miss Jacqueline Cochran and Col. Bruce Arnold stand beside the monument dedicated to the Women's Service Airforce Pilots last Saturday just after the monument was unveiled in ceremonies at the courthouse square."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Who Are the WASPs?]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a column discussing the history of the WASP and the Order of Fifinella's efforts to obtain veterans' status for women who served in the WASP organization. The page includes ads and other articles. The reverse side includes the platform for the National Association of VA Physicians and the continuation of an article from page 1.
Date: June 16, 1977
Creator: McLaughlin, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: House Hearings Set for 9/20-21]

Description: Newspaper clipping with a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the upcoming House hearings on legislation to grant veterans' benefits to the WASP. Hughes provides a list of the members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and states whether each member is opposed, committed, or uncommitted to supporting militarization of the WASP. The clipping also includes the continuation of an article from the front page and a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA. The reverse of the clippin… more
Date: August 11, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Queried Why Do You Care?]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a column discussing why the WASP want to be granted veterans' status. The columnist also includes a list of senators who support Senate Bill 247 and the text of Senator Goldwater's letter to Senator Cranston about recent hearings on the bill. The back of the clipping includes an order coupon for the Job Hunter's Forum and articles about the Disabled American Veterans.
Date: June 23, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: NACV Supports WASPs Bill]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a column supporting Senate Bill 247, which would provide veterans' status and benefits to women in the WASP organization. The column is accompanied by two photographs of WASP at Avenger Field. The reverse of the clipping includes articles about VA hospitals.
Date: June 16, 1977
Creator: Moore, Kathleen
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Front Page of the Sweetwater Reporter]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the front page of the Sweetwater Reporter featuring three articles about the WASP and their reunion in Sweetwater: "Memorial Reunion for WASPs Is Now Underway;" "Miss Cochran Was Known For Her Flying Ability;" and "What did WASPs Find Here Today." The back of the clipping includes sports articles, a rendering of the parade route for the WASP reunion, and an ad for a car dealership.
Date: June 23, 1972
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Fly Again?]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a column by Marianne Means discussing congressional and presidential opposition to legislation that would grant veterans' benefits to the WASP. The back of the clipping includes several classified ads.
Date: Autumn 1977
Creator: Means, Marianne
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Were WASPs Paid Benefits?]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Veterans' Administration claims that the WASP had been paid benefits through the Civil Service Administration. The reverse of the clipping contains the newspaper's masthead and the continuation of an article from page 3.
Date: October 13, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Five Girls Here Seek Wasp Membership]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about five Kelly Field employees who applied to join the WASP. The article features brief profiles of each woman that include her age, address, occupation, and flight experience. On the back of the clippings are articles and photographs related to WWII and Kelly Field.
Date: March 4, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Stalemate Nears End]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes about pending legislation to grant veterans' status to the WASP. Two photos of the WASP accompany Hughes' column. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, an editorial about surgical residents providing medical care at the VA, and an article about opposition to canal treaties.
Date: September 15, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Rooney Atkeison at the WASP Reunion]

Description: Full page from the "Southwest Scene" containing the end of an article about Rooney Atkeison, her experience as a WASP, and her attendance at the recent WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas. A 1944 photograph of Atkeison standing in front of the plane accompanies the article. An ad for Kretschmer's Wheat Germ occupies the rest of the page. The reverse of the page includes an ad for Travis Pools, two single-panel cartoons, and a brief article about using fabric panels to decorate the home.
Date: September 10, 1972
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Brown-Moreau Nuptials Pledged]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the wedding of Eleanor Rutledge Brown and Matthew Noel Moreau, including details about the wedding party, other participants in the ceremony, and the reception. A photograph of the bride accompanies the article. The back of the clipping contains photographs and an article about the girls' basketball team at Patti Welder Intermediate School.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Hundreds of WWII Pilots Wore Girdles]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article featuring Dedie Deaton's recollections of the WASP program. Deaton, one of the organizers of the WASP's thirtieth anniversary reunion, served as the "housemother' (lines 20-21) for the WASP trainees. The back of the clipping includes articles about the Conservation Society and the president of Brigham Young University.
Date: 1972
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Cornelia Fort, WASP [1919-1943] Remembers...]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes about Cornelia Fort, who died while serving as a ferry pilot during World War Two. Hughes also includes Fort's account of the attack of Pearl Harbor. To the right of Hughes' column are two pictures of veterans at VFW posts and one picture of a US Congressman meeting with an airman stationed in the U.K. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA … more
Date: December 8, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Demobilizing of Wasps Will Cost Nation Million]

Description: Newspaper clipping of column written by Gill Robb Wilson against the demobilization of the WASP program. Wilson argues that the United States is no position to lose two hundred experienced pilots and that training men to replace them will involve considerable effort and expense.
Date: 1944
Creator: Wilson, Gill Robb
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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