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[Clipping: Victorian Outraged by AF Woman Pilot 'First'] (open access)

[Clipping: Victorian Outraged by AF Woman Pilot 'First']

Newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor by Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown, expressing outrage over the Air Force's announcement of the training completion of their "first" woman pilot. Mrs. Brown details how the members of WASP flew during WWII, were largely ignored by historical accounts of the U.S. Air Force, and were denied Veteran status. On the back of the clipping is an advertisement for a television.
Date: August 14, 1977
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
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 Warned Against Complacency] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Warned Against Complacency]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans status and benefits. She thanks her readers for their support of her column. The page also includes two other opinion columns and an article about the VA using space satellites. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about the Civil Service Commission.
Date: August 25, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
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"]

Newspaper clipping about the WASP, their service, 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]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Mary Vanderventer and her experiences in aviation with the WASP.
Date: August 20, 1977
Creator: Robinson, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: House Hearings Set for 9/20-21] (open access)

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

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 clipping contains the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, an editorial about Roland R. Mora, and an opinion column on the American Legion.
Date: August 11, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Independent' Smothers knocks black legislators] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Independent' Smothers knocks black legislators]

A scan of a Dallas Morning News article from August 19, 1977 by Dotty Griffith about Clay Smothers discussing his opinions about other BIPOC politicians.
Date: August 19, 1977
Creator: Griffith, Dotty
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Anita Bryant's crusade: Where next?] (open access)

[Clipping: Anita Bryant's crusade: Where next?]

A photocopy of an interview with Save Our Children communications director Mike Thompson from the August 1977 issue of Conservative Digest titled "Anita Bryant's Crusade: Where Next?"
Date: August 1977
Creator: Conservative Digest
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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
[Excerpt from the Brady Herald, Letters to the Editor] (open access)

[Excerpt from the Brady Herald, Letters to the Editor]

A clipping from The Brady Herald newspaper; an article titled, "Letters to the Editor." The article provides details about the lives of five individuals buried in the East Sweden Cemetery, including the circumstances of two of their deaths.
Date: August 9, 1977
Creator: The Brady Herald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Gay power] (open access)

[Clipping: Gay power]

An August 29, 1977 article from New York Magazine titled "Gay Power" by Clarke Taylor about LGBTQIA+ political power around the US.
Date: August 29, 1977
Creator: Taylor, Clarke
System: The UNT Digital Library