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[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

[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

The Stars and Stripes-The National Tribune, Volume 101, Number 45, November 10, 1977

Description: National weekly newspaper dedicated to covering news of interest to US veterans. This issue includes two articles and a column discussing the passage of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977, which awarded veterans benefits to the WASP: "GI Bill-WASP Explanatory Statement," "Women Pilots, Who Put WWII Air Force In The Air, Win Vets Status," and "WASPs Await President's Signature."
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: Smith, John Lewis, III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Newspaper
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Irene Manney to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, November 20, 1973]

Description: Letter from Irene Manney to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a book being sent to Mr. Edwards by Mr. Gene Hausenfluke. She informs him that she is also enclosing some brochures. The letter bears an illustration of cowboys on a wagon train, with letterheads for Western Heritage Films and Western Heritage Press.
Date: November 20, 1973
Creator: Manney, Irene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: The Forgotten Gals of WWII]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP and their efforts to obtain veterans' status and benefits. Two photographs of WASP and San Antonio resident Ann Holaday accompany the article. The back of the clipping includes a listing of sports scores, two articles, and a photograph of Ethel Kennedy and her children.
Date: November 21, 1976
Creator: Towery, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: DOD Certifies WASP Service as "Active Duty"]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the Department of Defense's recent determination that the WASPs' "service should be treated as active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for purposes of laws administered by the Veterans Administration" (lines 18-20). The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of an article from page 2. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, … more
Date: November 3, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Bill Should Be Signed by 11-26]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the status of the WASP bill. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and three articles. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about GI education.
Date: November 24, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASPs Await President's Signature]

Description: Newspaper clipping of Patricia Collins Hughes' column discussing the recent passage of legislation that granted veterans' status to the WASP. Hughes thanks several individuals and organizations who supported the WASP along the way. This clipping also includes a poem by Ann Darr and the continuation of an article on the WASP from the front page.
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Credit Where Credit is Due]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the recent passage of legislation to grant veterans' status to the WASP. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of two articles from the front page. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977.
Date: November 17, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Edna Davis, Nov. 2, 1979 #2]

Description: Letter from Edna Davis discussing the events and topics at a WASP board meeting in Tuscon, Arizona, where-in issues and disagreements with how the organization is run and the call for a special board meeting, among other things, are discussed.
Date: November 2, 1979
Creator: Davis, Edna
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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