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[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Description: Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown discussing legislative bill S. 247, which would award military status and veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the Veterans' Affairs Committee has held hearings on the bill and that he will keep her comments in mind when the Committee takes further action on the legislation.
Date: June 6, 1977
Creator: Talmadge, Herman E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Why Women Can Fly]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown, including a brief history of the WASP, Brown's personal history, and an overview of her current activities. The article includes a photograph of Brown with The Graduate statue. Part of a large advertisement for Lowe's hardware store is visible on the back of the clipping.
Date: August 2006
Creator: Clough, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Partial Report on WASP Award Event]

Description: Partial report describing an event where a framed proclamation by Texas Governor Rick Perry announcing the induction of WASP into the Museum of Texas Aviation Hall of Fame was accepted and WASP members were rewarded with medals.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ray Roberts to Eleanor Brown, September 1, 1977]

Description: Letter from Ray Roberts to Eleanor Brown discussing pending legislation to award veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that hearings on the matter have been scheduled to take place later that month and that they will include testimony from other individuals seeking veterans' status for their service during WWII.
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: Roberts, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Email from Caro Bosca to Eleanor Brown, March 10, 2007]

Description: Email from Caro Bosca to Eleanor Brown responding to Brown's statement that she feels "totally out of touch with what is going on" in the WASP. Bosca replies that Brown is included on all correspondence Bosca sends to the board and includes a copy of a recent message about the air show in Columbus, Ohio.
Date: March 10, 2007
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Speech: Veteran Benefits for Individuals who Served in Civilian Capacity in the Armed Forces]

Description: Copy of two pages from the Congressional Record containing a speech by Texas Representative Olin Teague regarding pending bills that would grant civilian veterans benefits as well as the history of Avenger Field. The pages include other text, including partial text before the speech discussing a memorial dance for Jess Nevarez, his service in the military, his involvement with his community and church and supplemental statements to Teague's speech after his statements.
Date: April 6, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Correspondence between Herman E. Talmadge and Eleanor Brown]

Description: Letter from Senator Talmadge to Eleanor Brown acknowledging receipt of her letter. He mentions that he has forwarded her letter to one of her Congressional representatives. A typewritten response from Brown at the bottom of the letter requests that her letter be given to Talmadge since he serves on the Senate's Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Date: November 23, 1976
Creator: Talmadge, Herman E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Representative Ray Roberts to Eleanor M. Brown, May 19, 1977]

Description: Letter from Representative Ray Roberts to Eleanor Brown discussing support for legislation to provide veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions the process he is following to determine when to schedule hearings on the legislation. He notes that the hearings will include other individuals and groups requesting veterans' benefits for their service during World War II.
Date: May 19, 1977
Creator: Roberts, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Representative Gillespie Montgomery to Eleanor Brown, May 10, 1977]

Description: Letter from Representative Gillespie Montgomery to Eleanor Brown discussing her support of recent bills to award veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions the process that the Chairman of the Veterans Affairs' Committee will follow to determine when the legislation will be added to the hearing schedule.
Date: May 10, 1977
Creator: Montgomery, Gillespie V.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown, December 3, 1976]

Description: Correspondence from Strom Thurmond to Eleanor Brown discussing military benefits for the women who served in the WASP program. The first enclosure is a letter from the Department of the Air Force on this issue and the second enclosure is a copy of Thurmond's initial response to Brown.
Date: December 3, 1976
Creator: Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Eleanor McLernon to Editor of Victoria Advocate, May 12, 1977]

Description: Letter from Eleanor McLernon Brown to the editor of Victoria Advocate telling her who the WASP are, the issues that have risen with Congress regarding giving them veteran status, and asking them if she can inform her readers about this, and get them to send letters to Congress.
Date: May 12, 1977
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Miltary History of Eleanor McLernon Brown]

Description: Document containing a biography of Eleanor Brown, including details of her early life, her interest in aviation, and her service in the WASP organization. The first page is flyer about the Victoria Schools Veterans Interview Project, which includes a list of potential interview topics.
Date: November 7, 2001
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Correspondence from Lucile Wise to Eleanor Brown]

Description: Correspondence from Lucile Wise to Eleanor Brown, consisting of a brief letter from Wise to Brown and two enclosures. The first enclosure is a letter from Michael D. Achey with information on how groups and individuals can support the National Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting in May 2005. The second enclosure is a letter from Mary McCleary Posner about the 17th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Salute to Veterans Celebration to be held from May 27-30, 2005.
Date: 2004-12-09/2005-01-12
Creator: Wise, Lucile
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, September 15, 1977]

Description: Letter from Eleanor Brown to Ralph P. Davidson, publisher of Time magazine, asking him to consider including an article on the WASPs and their efforts to obtain veterans' status. She mentions that she has attempted to contact over fifty members of Congress with little success and that she hopes that an article in Time will help increase awareness of the WASPs' cause.
Date: September 15, 1977
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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