Description: Further DetailsTitle: Clipped WingsCondition: NewSubtitle: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War IIAuthor: Molly MerrymanFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 1479805769EAN: 9781479805761ISBN: 9781479805761Publisher: New York University PressGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, History, Military HistoryRelease Date: 09/15/2020Description: Revives the overlooked stories of pioneering women aviators, who are also featured in the forthcoming documentary film Coming Home: Fight for a LegacyDuring World War II, all branches of the military had women's auxiliaries. Only the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, however, was made up entirely of women who undertook dangerous missions more commonly associated with and desired by men. Within military hierarchies, the World War II pilot was perceived as the most dashing and desirable of servicemen. "Flyboys" were the daring elite of the United States military. More than the WACs (Army), WAVES (Navy), SPARS (Coast Guard), or Women Marines, the WASPs directly challenged these assumptions of male supremacy in wartime culture. WASPs flew the fastest fighter planes and heaviest bombers; they test-piloted experimental models and worked in the development of weapons systems. Yet the WASPs were the only women's auxiliary within the armed services of World War II that was not militarized. In Clipped Wings, Molly Merryman draws upon military documents—many of which weren’t declassified until the 1990s—congressional records, and interviews with the women who served as WASPs during World War II to trace the history of the over one thousand pilots who served their country as the first women to fly military planes. She 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.In the preface to this reissued edition, Merryman reflects on the changes in women’s aviation in the past twenty years, as NASA’s new Artemis program promises to land the first female astronaut on the moon and African American and lesbian women are among the newest pilot recruits. Updating the story of the WASPs, Merryman reveals that even in the past few years there have been more battles for them to fight and more national recognition for them to receive. At its heart, the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots is not about war or planes; it is a story about persistence and extraordinary achievement. These accomplished women pilots did more than break the barriers of flight; they established a model for equality.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Clipped Wings
Title: Clipped Wings
Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of
ISBN-10: 1479805769
EAN: 9781479805761
ISBN: 9781479805761
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Military History
Release Date: 09/15/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Clipped Wings : the Rise and Fall of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (Wasps) of World War II
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Subject: Military / World War II, Women's Studies, World
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Molly Merryman
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
