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[WASP Fifinella Greeting Card]

Description: Blank greeting card with the WASP Fifinella logo designed by Walt Disney printed on the front. A blue border can be seen around the edge, and the words, "Women Airforce Service Pilots" can be seen printed below the Fifinella.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Jennings Randolph to Eleanor Brown, November 22, 1976]

Description: Letter from Jennings Randolph to Eleanor Brown discussing support for legislation that would award veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the House of Representatives failed to pass the section of H.R. 71 that would provide hospital and medical benefits to those who served in the WASP program. He assures her that the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee will continue to work with the House to resolve the issues preventing the legislation from passing.
Date: November 22, 1976
Creator: Randolph, Jennings
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]

Description: Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement. In the last paragraph, Brown states that "the time has come to hire an Executive Director to assist us."
Date: 2006
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Exiting Post Operations]

Description: Photocopy of several WASP carrying parachute harnesses as they walk out of a building with a sign that says, "Post Operations". The photo is adhered to mat posterboard which has an address label for Robert Storey Brown. There is a string of text typed at the bottom of the photo that reads, "2539 A.A.F. Base Unit Foster Field, Tex. (G574 Y?) 515A".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Gold Medal]

Description: Photograph of a gold medallion stood up inside its case on a table. The medal has an embossing of two planes in flight along with the air force wings below at the bottom. Text engraved around the edge of the medal reads, "The First Women in History to Fly American Military Aircraft" followed by another engraving at the top, "Act of Congress 2009".
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Betty Jane Williams to Maxine Flournoy, February 23, 2001]

Description: Letter from Betty Jane Williams to WASP President Maxine Flournoy discussing the decision to pay Mildred Carter's expenses to attend the WASP's next national conference. During WWII, Carter had applied to join the WASP but was denied because the government excluded African-American women from serving in the program. Williams disagrees with the action taken at the October business meeting and urges the WASP to rescind their offer to pay Carter's expenses.
Date: February 23, 2001
Creator: Williams, Betty Jane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Catherine Murphy, August 14, 2005]

Description: Letter from Eleanor Brown to Catherine Murphy requesting reimbursement for expenses she incurred while traveling to WASP events. "Copy" is handwritten across the top and bottom of the page. Included with the letter are two confirmation emails from Expedia.com and a boarding pass for her flight to Washington, D.C.
Date: August 14, 2005
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Class Secretaries, September 20, 1979]

Description: Letter from Lillian Roberts to the WASP class secretaries discussing the petitions circulated by the Texas Ten. She asks the class secretaries to review the enclosed material and send it on to their classmates. She promises that by the reunion in 1980 they will have "the organization of your choice in name and structure."
Date: September 20, 1979
Creator: Roberts, Lillian
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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