@boomsupersonic Some became doctors, lawyers, mothers. They were incredible women who didn't like their set back of being disbanded stop them from having wonderful lives and careers.
@boomsupersonic A lot of them didn't talk about their service afterwards, because most didn't believe them. So they would lie about what they did during the war. Airlines wouldn't hire them because they were women, so some of them created their own flying jobs and careers.
@boomsupersonic And of course this broke every one of their hearts. They worked so hard to accomplish their goals and it was just ripped away from them.
@boomsupersonic They were promised to be military when they joined, but they never followed through because basically congress said women were taking the jobs from the men so they disbanded them. They lived the military lifestyle, including wearing uniforms, but were never militarized.
@boomsupersonic@NAHF The Women Airforce Service Pilots were incredible women who defied cultural boundaries during a time that women weren't expected to do things like fly airplanes.
Recently, I listened to a @RickSteves podcast. A man asked if it’s safe to travel to a particular country, to which Rick reminded listeners of the US’s tragic statistics of gun deaths. Today we are reminded, again, of the too-frequent violence we experience here at home.
Editing a museum film for Rise Above:WASP about the WWII Women Pilots for kids. The inspirational ending is about the legacy of the WASP, about women choosing to do what they love, and be damned if society will deter their goals, and would love to include a pic of @PattyJenks