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Eight WASPs photographed along the ramp at the Army Air Force Training Command’s Advanced single engine pilot school at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas. Left to right: Pauline S. Cutler (Cleveland, OH); Dorothy Ehrhardt (Bridgewater, MA); Jennie M. Hill (Harvey, IL); Etta Mae Hollinger (Paola, KS); Lucille R. Cary (Joliet, IL); Jane B. Shirley (Brownfield, TX); Dorothy H. Beard (Sacramento, CA); and Kathryn L. Boyd (Weatherford, TX). Image courtesy National Archives and Records Administration (342-C-K3616).

April 21, 2023

Flygirls, Women Mechs, and Lady Pilots: The Multi-Generational, Multi-Service Effort to End Combat Exclusion in Aviation

Within three years of the Japanese surrender ending the war in the Pacific, Congress acknowledged the contributions women had made to the war effort as active duty and reserve personnel by authorizing the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act (WASIA). This 1948 legislation permitted women to seek out permanent careers in the Army, the Navy, the