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[Clipping: Women, Wings and War]

Description: Photocopy of an article discussing Margaret Harper's experience serving in the WASP, duties she was given, the discontinuation of the WASP, and sexual discrimination against female veterans. Another article about the history and preservation of WASP history in Texas Woman's University is also included.
Date: July 18, 1989
Creator: Porter, Bob
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date: January 7, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Generals Visit Avenger]

Description: Photocopy of pages from the first issue of The Avenger newspaper. In it are articles explaining how the 318th and 319th Army Air Forces Flying Training Divisions came about, better professions being available to women, a letter from a German spy to the Gestapo, and the significance of Avenger Field.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Photograph of Five WASP]

Description: Magazine clipping of a photograph of five WASP undergraduates. Part of a Head & Shoulders advertisement and coupon are on the other side.
Date: May 31, 1976
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: First Meeting Held in New Gym]

Description: Photocopy of an article about a new gymnasium for trainees, a motion picture that will be shown at the gymnasium, and the issuing of new uniforms.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]

Description: Magazine clipping with a photograph of Nancy Batson on one side and an advertisement for Kollsman Aircraft Instruments. Text on the front side reads: " FERRY PILOT: All smiles over her appointment as Florida's first WAFS (Woman's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron) member, Nancy Batson, former flight instructor at Embry-Riddle, Miami, prepares to take off. A native of Alabama where she learned to fly at the U. of A., Tuscaloosa, Nancy at 22 intends to make flying her career. She is convinced that the lon… more
Date: November 1942
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Description: Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Description: Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date: May 28, 2005
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Waiting patiently]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a picture of four veteran WASP waiting for the unveiling of the new airport sign.
Date: May 24, 1989
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPS Inspired World War II Bomber Pilots"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article of General Paul Tibbets' experience in aviation, male opinion within the military about the creation of WASP, and a brief history of WASP.
Date: October 15, 1985
Creator: Sisk, Mack
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Generals Visit Avenger]

Description: Copy of the first issue of The Avenger, the newspaper made for WASP in Avenger field. Articles about Jacqueline Cochran, a letter from a German spy to the Gestapo, Avenger Field, and more are included.
Date: May 11, 1943
Creator: Bowles, Mary A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Leoti Deaton, her involvement with Red Cross, the WASP, and the Order of Fifinella.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Cornelia Fort, WASP, [1919-1949] Remembers]

Description: Clipping from the Stars and Stripes with 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 on Pearl Harbor.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Welcome Back to Sweetwater WASP"]

Description: Newspaper from the Sweetwater Reporter with the front page bearing a Fifinella illustration and welcoming the WASP for their 46th reunion. Articles about the WASP, their impact on an Air Force colonel, their mascot, and more are included.
Date: September 25, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Grandmother of Aviation"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Elinor Smith and her accomplishments in aviation.
Date: 1982
Creator: Funk, Virginia
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Fight for Veterans' Status]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Dorothy Tanner's efforts to get Congress to grant former WASP veteran status, the creation of the WASP, their duties, and their deactivation.
Date: May 22, 1977
Creator: Deckbar, Margaret
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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