Peterson, a researcher and author, joined The Lift to discuss women’s roles during World War II ahead of a talk on Thursday ...
Thousands of books and films have been made over the past 80 years celebrating the bravery of American servicemen during World War II. But what about the 25 American women pilots who also risked their ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! While in conversation with author and journalist Mark Whitaker, author Becky Aikman talked about how the American women pilots who volunteered to ...
The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is pleased to announce the next installment of its monthly Author Talk series, featuring author Becky Aikman. On ...
Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American women made to ...
Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the public with their free-wheeling lives. The women Of Air Transport Auxiliary ...
Women in the military: a perspective from the Air Force / Sheila E. Widnall -- Servicewomen and the American military experience / D'Ann Campbell -- Creating a women's corps: public response to the ...
Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American women made to ...
Editor's note: This essay is excerpted from the book "Black Women in WWII: Greatness Under Fire." Segregation, which was the prevailing policy of the military and much of America in 1941, ...