LEADER 04477cam 22006498i 4500001 on1374820381 003 OCoLC 005 20240122153511.0 008 230329s2023 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 2023014323 019 1374821079 020 9781469675022 |q(cloth) 020 1469675021 020 9781469675039 |q(paperback) 020 146967503X 020 |z9781469675046 |q(ebook) 020 |z9781469675053 |qebook 035 (Sirsi) 40031953101 035 40031953101 035 (OCoLC)1374820381 |z(OCoLC)1374821079 040 NcU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dBDX |dOCLCF |dUKMGB |dOCLCQ |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 D790.5 |b.M94 2023 082 00 940.54/4973 |223/eng/20230403 084 HIS027100HIS027120 |2bisacsh 100 1 Myers, Sarah Parry, |eauthor. |=^A1464280 245 10 Earning their wings : |bthe WASPs of World War II and the fight for veteran recognition / |cSarah Parry Myers. 263 2309 264 1 Chapel Hill : |bThe University of North Carolina Press, |c[2023] 300 256 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 I Was Happiest in the Sky: From Air-Minded Barnstormers to Weapons of War -- We Live in the Wind and Sand and Our Eyes Are on the Stars: Identity and Camaraderie in Training -- Looked upon as a Man's Game: Battling Contested Airspaces at Army Air Force Bases -- Not One of Congress's Cares: The 1944 Congressional Militarization Bill -- I Never Flew an Airplane That Asked If I Were a Mr. or a Mrs. or a Ms.: Contesting Definitions of a Veteran and Receiving Veterans Status. 520 "Established by the Army Air Force in 1943, the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program opened to civilian women with a pilot's license who could afford to pay for their own transportation, training, and uniforms. Despite their highly developed skill set, rigorous training, and often dangerous work, the women of WASP were not granted military status until 1977, denied over three decades of Army Air Force benefits as well as the honor and respect given to male and female World War II veterans of other branches. Sarah Parry Myers not only offers a history of this short-lived program but considers its long-term consequences for the women who participated and subsequent generations of servicewomen and activists. Myers shows us how those in the WASP program bonded through their training, living together in barracks, sharing the dangers of risky flights, and struggling to be recognized as military personnel, and the friendships they forged lasted well after the Army Air Force dissolved the program. Despite the WASP program's short duration, its fliers formed activist networks and spent the next thirty years lobbying for recognition as veterans. Their efforts were finally recognized when President Jimmy Carter signed a bill into law granting WASP participants retroactive veteran status, entitling them to military benefits and burials"-- |cProvided by publisher. 610 20 Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) |xHistory. |=^A519164 610 27 Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00551230 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zUnited States |xParticipation, Female. |=^A1023741 650 0 Women air pilots |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A299120 650 0 Women veterans |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A837006 650 7 HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY / Military / Veterans. |2bisacsh 650 7 Military participation |xFemale. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01353719 650 7 Women air pilots. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01177058 650 7 Women veterans. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01178651 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iebook version : |z9781469675053 949 |i30372017329407 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s29.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 6275113