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After over twenty-five years of research, historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck delivers the definitive book on the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. The Women With Silver Wings takes us alongside the WASP from the Golden Age of Aviation in the 1930s, through the war years, and into their lives after the war. We get to know the women as they fly the fastest military planes of the war and cheer for them as they spend the 1970s fighting to not be forgotten. Their story inspires readers to learn more about these women and to follow their own dreams.
Praise for The Women With Silver Wings
A must-read for those interested in women’s and World War II history.
—Library Journal (Starred)
“With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation... A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”
—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls
“The Women With Silver Wings is the true story of America’s unsung heroines of World War II. Katherine Sharp Landdeck has written a beautifully researched tribute to the courageous women who bravely served their nation in a time of need.”
—Fannie Flagg, New York Times bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café and The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
“With meticulous research and breathless pacing, The Women With Silver Wings will make you soar with pride at the daring and commitment of America’s first women military pilots—and cheer for the men who backed them to the end.”
—Elizabeth Cobbs, Professor and Melbern Glasscock Chair in American History at Texas A&M University and author of The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers
About The Author
Katherine Sharp Landdeck, Ph.D., is a writer, Associate Professor at Texas Woman's University, and globally recognized expert on the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, the subject of her debut book, The Women With Silver Wings. She met her first WASP, Caro Bayley Bosca, on a sunny day in June 1993 when she walked up to meet the famed aircraft designer Curtis Pitts and has been studying the WASP ever since.
