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[Clipping: Return of the WASPs]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP and plans for their thirtieth anniversary reunion in Sweetwater, Texas. The back of the clipping includes items from the editorial page, including a cartoon captioned "Out of the mouths of babes. . .," excerpts from editorials about the Vietnam War, and an opinion column written by Peter Lisagor.
Date: 1972-05~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Ninety-Nine's Prepare Air Treasure Hunt]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about San Antonio's chapter of the Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. The clipping includes a captioned photograph of Julian Onderdonk's painting "Bluebonnet Field." The back of the clipping includes a calendar of events and an ad from Frost Bros. department store.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Women Pilots Finally Recognized]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Aviator as Emcee]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing a photograph of WASP Dora Dougherty Strother from 1944 and an illustration from a WASP classbook. The back of the clipping includes a picture of a man wearing dark glasses, a portion of an article about the baseball coach at Ohio University, and ads for Blewett Speed Wash and Staton's Pharmacy.
Date: 1972?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Legislation]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a letter from Representative Marjorie Holt discussing her support of legislation to provide veterans' status and benefits to the WASP. The back of the clipping contains classified ads.
Date: 197X
Creator: Holt, Marjorie S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: The Forgotten Gals of WWII]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP and their efforts to obtain veterans' status and benefits. Two photographs of WASP and San Antonio resident Ann Holaday accompany the article. The back of the clipping includes a listing of sports scores, two articles, and a photograph of Ethel Kennedy and her children.
Date: November 21, 1976
Creator: Towery, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: State WASP Fliers Attend Texas Reunion]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas. The article notes that twelve Oklahoma residents attended the reunion and includes comments from a few of them about their experience as WASP. The back of the clipping includes two articles.
Date: June 25, 1972
Creator: Willis, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Appeal to Convention Delegates]

Description: 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 … more
Date: July 28, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go to City and CC]

Description: Newspaper clipping about the City of Sweetwater and the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce receiving Fifi awards at the 30th WASP reunion. A brief history about the WASP is also given. Near the end is a photograph of the people who received the Fifi awards.
Date: June 26, 1972
Creator: Gordon, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Three Kelly Girls Attain Goal--Join Wasps]

Description: Newspaper clipping about five employees at Kelly Field who applied to join the WASP. The article notes that three of the women have been accepted into the April training class and that the other two women expect to join the May training class. The back of the clipping features an article about a baseball game at Kelly Field.
Date: April 8, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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

Description: 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, … more
Date: November 3, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 100, Number 22, June 2, 1977

Description: National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. This issue includes seven articles discussing legislation to grant veterans' status to the WASP: "Dora Dougherty Strother Testifies for WASPs Veterans' Status;" "Administration Opposes WASPs Bill;" "Senator Goldwater Supports WASPs Bill;" "V.F.W. Opposes WASPs Bill;" "American Legion Opposes WASPs Bill;" "Rep. Heckler Supports WASPs Bill;" and "Sen. Matsunaga Supports WASPs Bill."
Date: June 2, 1977
Creator: Smith, John Lewis, III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Newspaper
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Warned Against Complacency]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Roberts Vows to Keep WASP Bill Tied Up in Committee]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the outcome of the House hearings on legislation to militarize the WASP and opposition to the WASPs efforts to obtains veterans' status and benefits. The page also contains a column 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, an editorial about surgical residents providing medical care in … more
Date: September 22, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Bill Should Be Signed by 11-26]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the status of the WASP bill. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and three articles. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about GI education.
Date: November 24, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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