Resource Type

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines] (open access)

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines]

Magazine clipping with an article from Viva discussing the history of the WASP, including the cover page and two full-page advertisements.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Kel, Sally Van Wegenen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines (continued)] (open access)

[Clipping: Those Magnificent Women in their Flying Machines (continued)]

Magazine clipping with an article from Viva discussing the history of the WASP, continued. Included is an excerpt from an article on dreams.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Kel, Sally Van Wegenen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Senate] (open access)

[Clipping: Senate]

Newspaper clipping of a message from Senator Barry Goldwater to President Jimmy Carter about why the WASPs should be considered veterans.
Date: May 25, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot] (open access)

[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot]

Photocopy of a magazine clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, how they began, their achievements, and more.
Date: February 1977
Creator: Gutierrez, Ava & Wilson, Jan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Senate, Page 3] (open access)

[Clipping: Senate, Page 3]

Newspaper clipping about excerpt from an article titled "Senate". Senator Barry Goldwater explains why the WASPs should be considered veterans to President Jimmy Carter.
Date: May 25, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plane Janes] (open access)

[Clipping: Plane Janes]

Photocopied newspaper clipping of an article about who the WASP were, what they did, and the military's failure to recognize them as veterans.
Date: January 30, 1977
Creator: Hayes, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Unpaid Debt of Recognition to WASP Lingers in Congress"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Unpaid Debt of Recognition to WASP Lingers in Congress"]

Photocopy of a newspaper article about the WASP, their accomplishments, and Congress' failure to recognize them as veterans.
Date: August 27, 1977
Creator: Robinson, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Putt-Putt Vanderventer: A WASP Who Still Flies"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Putt-Putt Vanderventer: A WASP Who Still Flies"]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping with an article about Mary Putnam Vanderventer and her experiences in the WASP.
Date: August 20, 1977
Creator: Robinson, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Deserve Benefits] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Deserve Benefits]

Newspaper clipping of a column by Marianne Means discussing the WASP and their efforts to obtain veterans' benefits. The back of the clipping includes an article about Hurricane Anita and coupons for goods and services at Firestone.
Date: 1977-09~
Creator: Means, Marianne
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Senate Votes 91-0 for WASP Status!] (open access)

[Clipping: Senate Votes 91-0 for WASP Status!]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Senate's recent vote to grant veterans' status to the WASP. The page also contains the text of President Carter's remarks from a recent Veterans' Day ceremony as well as a brief article noting the American Veterans Committee's support of veterans' status for the WASP. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, two opinion columns, and an editorial.
Date: October 27, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Cornelia Fort, WASP, [1919-1949] Remembers] (open access)

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

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Pilots Finally Recognized] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Pilots Finally Recognized]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the upcoming graduation of ten female pilots from the USAF and the history of female pilots in the United States' military. The page also includes an ad for the VA featuring cartoon character Beetle Bailey and a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA. The reverse of the page contains the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about S&S-Grams.
Date: August 18, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Fight for Veterans' Status] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Fight for Veterans' Status]

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Goldwater Speaks for WASPs] (open access)

[Clipping: Goldwater Speaks for WASPs]

Newspaper clipping with an article Senator Barry Goldwater's efforts to extend veteran's benefits to the WASP. An editorial supporting legislation granting veterans' benefits to the WASP is on the back of the clipping.
Date: October 23, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Bill Pending in SVAC] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Bill Pending in SVAC]

Newspaper clipping with an article about bills that were presented to Congress concerning veteran status for the WASP.
Date: June 9, 1977
Creator: McLaughlin, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Help, at Last] (open access)

[Clipping: Help, at Last]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Senate's decision to finally grant veteran benefits to the WASP.
Date: October 22, 1977
Creator: Grehl, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"] (open access)

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Doris Tanner and her meetings with congressional representatives to discuss WASP receiving veteran status.
Date: March 29, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Appeal to Convention Delegates] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Appeal to Convention Delegates]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by WASP Patricia Collins Hughes. Hughes discusses the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans status and includes examples of press releases from around the country supporting militarization of the WASP. Below Hughes' column is a cartoon of a female pilot in an airplane headed to Washington. The rest of the page contains a column from the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of a letter from the front page. The reverse of the page contains the newspaper's masthead, several letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital system.
Date: July 28, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A WASP Veteran in Memphis Battles Sting of Unrecognition] (open access)

[Clipping: A WASP Veteran in Memphis Battles Sting of Unrecognition]

Newspaper clipping with an article about certain WASP's experiences in World War 2, their lack of veteran benefits, and the disbanding of the WASP.
Date: May 26, 1977
Creator: Schick, Tim
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Goldwater Speaks for WASPs"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Goldwater Speaks for WASPs"]

Newspaper clipping of an article about who the WASP were and that, after 30 years, they still have not received veteran benefits.
Date: October 23, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"] (open access)

[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Department of Defense's recent determination that the WASPs' "service should be treated as active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans Administration" (lines 18-20). The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of an article from page 2. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, two opinion columns, and an editorial.
Date: November 3, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPs Should Get Veterans' Benefits"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASPs Should Get Veterans' Benefits"]

Newspaper clipping of an article about who the WASP were and Congress' resistance to grant them veteran status.
Date: October 23, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Queried Why Do You Care?] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Queried Why Do You Care?]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Patricia Hughes' service in the military, the WASP wanting veteran status, and including part of Senator Barry Goldwater's letter to Senator Alan Cranston thanking him for the steps he took towards this goal.
Date: June 23, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column about the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans' status. It also includes a profile of WASP Dora Dougherty Strother. The remainder of the page contains an article about Girls Nation and the continuation of two articles from the front page. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, several letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital System.
Date: July 21, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History