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[Clipping: Women served a key, and thankless, role as pilots]

Newspaper clipping describing the organization of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), their experiences and how one of their members, Jacqueline Cochran formed the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). A photograph of the WAFS in uniform is included in this clipping.

Date: unknown

Creator: Rickman, Sarah Bryne

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: A Wise Woman said... "We served because our country needed us. It wasn't just me..everyone in America was inspired."]

Magazine clipping providing a history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.), their formation, experiences during World War II and their fight for militarization after they were demobilized in December 1944. The clipping also provides a brief history about the life of Deanie Bishop Parrish and her experiences as a member of the WASPs.