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[Clipping: Two Women in Bendix Race]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring an article about the National Air Races and the annual convention of the Ninety-Nines. A photograph of Emma Coulter Ware and former WASP Clara Jo Marsh standing next to a small airplane accompanies the article.
Date: August 30, 1946
Creator: Mountsier, Robert
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Men Didn't Have to Prove They Could Fly, But Women Did"]

Description: Photocopy of an article about the death of Marvel Crosson, the sabotage of the Women's Air Derby, how it changed woman aviation history, the Ninety-Nines, female aviators, how they gained popularity, the Powder Puff Derby, female aviation achievments, female astronauts, and how the woman aviators are presently doing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, David
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Powder Puff Problems and the Curse of the Ladybirds]

Description: Article describing the historical struggles of women in aviation as far back as the 1920s, including the discrimination and sabotage accounts of female pilots in various derby races across America, as well as the battle against questionable biology standards and prejudice during the time period leading up to the creation of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program.
Date: unknown
Creator: Day, Leon
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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