35 WASP and 3 WAFS Died in WWII Thirty-eight WASP perished performing their patriotic calling — flying for their country in World War II. All were young women, age 20 to early 30s — women whose futures would never be realized. Cornelia Fort, a southern gentlewoman from Tennessee, loved flying. She also was on her…
To the Writer It’s About Story and Voice Dorothy Scott earns her wings and flies — this is what she loves. Her country is at war. She joins the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and flies military aircraft for her country. She dies in a fiery crash. She is 23. By the time the war…
Thirty-eight WASP perished performing their patriotic calling — flying for their country in World War II. All were young women, age 20 to early 30s — women whose futures would never be realized. Cornelia Fort, a southern gentlewoman from Tennessee, loved flying. She also was on her way to becoming a proven writer. Early on,…
Two weeks ago in this blog, I talked about my biography, Finding Dorothy Scott: Letters of a WASP Pilot,winner of the 2016 Sarton Women’s Book Award from Story Circle Network. Dorothy’s story would be my topic when I spoke April 11that Literary Lubbock, sponsored by Texas Tech University Press. TTUP published Dorothy’s incredible story. Like…
Dorothy Scott earns her wings and flies — this is what she loves. Her country is at war. She joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and flies military aircraft for her country. She dies in a fiery crash. She is 23. By the time the war is over, few will remember her. Her story…
If you didn’t see my first blog post, let me introduce myself. I’m Sarah Byrn Rickman, a veteran journalist turned author. I worked for The Detroit News before I had kids and then as the editor of two community papers after both boys were in school: The Anthony Wayne Standard (a small paper in suburban…
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