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Elizabeth L. Gardner (1921 – December 22, 2011) was an American pilot during World War II who served as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was one of the first American female military pilots [1] and the subject of a well-known photograph, sitting in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder.
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The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots [2] or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots [3]) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became trained pilots who tested aircraft, ferried aircraft and trained other pilots.
Rosie the Riveter (Westinghouse poster, 1942). The image became iconic in the 1980s. American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable.
By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including ninety-nine aircraft carriers, eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships [6] totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater.
Bonnie Tiburzi is the first female pilot for American Airlines and the first female pilot for a major American commercial airline, [151] as well as the first woman in the world to earn a Flight Engineer rating on a turbo-jet aircraft. [152] The United States Navy allows women to train as pilots. [153]
World War II ended in 1945. The Women's Armed Services Integration Act (Pub. L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356, enacted June 12, 1948) is a United States law that enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the armed forces, including the Navy. Prior to this act, women, with the exception of nurses, served in the military only in times of war.
Short film about the Women Airforce Service Pilots, by the United States Army Wilhelm Keitel signs the German Instrument of Surrender , by Lt. Moore (restored by Adam Cuerden ) Bill Hosokawa's home at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center , by the Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority (restored by Adam Cuerden ; edited by Janke )
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