Women in aeronautics

Sub-Series

Folder 1:

"Famed Riveter in War Effort, Rose Monroe Dies at 77," New York Times, June 2, 1997

"The First Women Fliers; Interesting Old Prints That Show the Real Pioneer Women of the Air a Century and More Before Amelia Earhart and Mrs. Lindbergh," no source, undated

"Now Women Pilots Get Their Turn With the Airlines," Parade, June 25, 1978

Untitled article written 50 years after the founding of The Ninety-Nines and detailing accomplishments of current women in aviation. No source, circa 1979

United States Women in Aviation Through World War I. [photocopy of title page and verso]

"Wingwalker Remembers When Planes Had Souls," Star-Herald, May 6, 1987

"Wing-Walkers Hang Out at Work," Eugene Register-Guard, July 27, 1984

"First Ladies of the Flight Desk," Air Line Pilot, May 1978

"Cleared to Land." By Frank Burnham. (typescript)

"Women's Role in Aviation," Midway Cityscape, May 1988

"Women in Aviation; A Historical Review of Women in Aviation," In Flight, March 1987

"Powder Puff Derby...'62," Flying, September 1962

"Women of EAA," Sport Aviation, February 1981

"The Pilot is a Lady," Flying, February 1962

"Ducking the Divorce," no source, undated

"Dolls Who Fly," no source, undated

"Dorothy L. Young," The AOPA Pilot, August 1968

"'Now You Too, Sue, Can Fly, If...,'" The AOPA Pilot, September 1973

"Miss America is a Pilot," Flying, 1949

"Skies Slowly Becoming Friendly to Female Pilots," Seattle Times, July 24, 1990

"Two Teams Tie in Angel Derby," The AOPA Pilot, July 1970

"Vivian Taylor," The AOPA Pilot, November 1967

"Flight of Ten 'Ladybirds,'" The AOPA Pilot, April 1968

"Woman Caught Up in Whirl of Flying Helicopers," Sunday Oregonian, May 10, 1987

"A Rumpus Over Records," Aero Digest, November 1930

"Pilot's Career Takes Off!," The 99 News, October 1985 [Victoria "Vicky" Katherine Wingett]

"Mystery, Sadness Surround Death of Ruhnke; Cause Still Unknown," Magazine of the International Women Pilots, March 1988

"A Day in the Life of a WAVE," no source, 1944

"Proved It's Not a Man's World," The Martin Star, September 1945 [Ruth Jones Brown]

"First Ladies of the Air," Aviation News, March 1988

List of women world flyers with brief notes

"Rare Birds; Flying in the Face of the Status Quo," The Ninety-Nines, Summer 1994

Numerous short notes regarding various women

Photocopies of photographs

Folder 2:

Air Travel News; Rotogravure Section, December 1929 (contains numerous photographs and captions of women aviators)

Women in Aviation and Space. Federal Aviation Administration, 1990 (brochure)

"Women Who Fly," Strand Magazine, July 1911

N.Z. Airwomen's Association Inc. September 1988 (newsletter)

"Skies and Dolls," Aviation News Illustrated, February 1961

"Women in Aerospace," Aerospace, Fall 1979

"A Salute to Women in Aerospace,"Aerospace, undated (reprint)

Folder 3:

"Women in Aviation." (photocopy of typed document)

"What Men Flyers Think of Women Pilots," Popular Aviation, March 1929

"Skirts in the Sky," FAA Aviation News, January 1969

"Chronology of Feminine International Aircraft Records." Women with Wings.

"99s Convene," The AOPA Pilot, October 1972

"Women in Non-Traditional Aviation and Space Careers: An Overview." Federal Aviation Administration, March 1979 (pamphlet)

"Those Daring Young Women," The AOPA Pilot, October 1972

"Wyoming's Bicentennial Commission Releases New Panel Honoring Women," Linn's Stamp News, March 10, 1975

"Woman Tells How It Feels to Fly 255 Miles an Hour," no source, [1929?]

"Women Flyers Who Have Made Their Mark," Popular Science Monthly, October 1929

"Women of the Air," Popular Mechanics, undated

"Flyers Hoping to Leave Soon," Mason City Globe Gazette, June 16, 1928

"Wings Across the Gender Gap," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 26, 1992

"Legal Change to Put Women in Combat Jets," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 26, 1991

"Ringenberg Wins Air Race Classic," Magazine of the International Women Pilots, July 1988

"Careers in Aviation," Girl Scout Leader, Winter 1989

Typed copies of brief biographies of Melli Beese, Matilde Moisant, Helene Dutrieu, Raymonde de Laroche, and Bessica Raiche from Women Aloft

"The Atlantic: The Breitling Challenge," The 99 News, September 1985

"Women, Combat, and the Gender Line," MHQ, undated

"Fly Girls," KCTS Magazine, May 1999

"99s Frolic in the Mountains," The AOPA Pilot, October 1970

"Allure," True The Man's Magazine, January 1969

"Third Man Up Front," no source, undated

"Sites Honor Women Pioneers in Aviation," New York Times, August 10, 2000

Numerous small newspaper photographs with captions , 1934-1984 and undated

Folder 4:

Photocopies of numerous, brief newspaper accounts of women aviators, 1928-1929

Seminar schedule, International Women Pilots, Vancouver, August 1987

Leaders in Aerospace--The Women; You've Come a Long Way Baby. Researched by Jule Zumwalt, written by Fern Obee. 1982 (bound typescript)

"Women 18 and over... you can help win this war by helping to build Flying Fortresses!" recruitment poster for Boeing, undated

Folder 5:

Photograph of women in flying clothes, Santa Barbara, 1912

Photographed of a female pilot receiving flowers while in a cockpit, undated

Flight Attendants (Stewardesses) Folder 1:

Photocopy of memo by S. A. Stimpson promoting idea of stewardess service, 1930

"The Original Eight," United Mainliner, May 1980

"Air Line Has First Indian for Hostess," no source, 1937?

Numerous newspaper and magazine articles about stewardesses, 1940s-1990s

Reminiscences of early stewardesses about their experiences

Information relating to dedication of Cresco, Iowa airport as Ellen Church Field

Folder 2:

"Fifty Years of Coffee, Tea and 'Welcome Aboard,'" Extra, May 1980

"Stewardess Service, From Idea to Indispensable" (typed report)

"15,000 Hours in the Air," Airlanes, June 1941

Newspaper and magazine articles about stewardesses, 1940s-1990s

Reminiscences of early stewardesses about their experiences

Magazine advertisements with photographs of stewardesses

Photocopies of photographs of stewardesses located in various collections

List of negative numbers

Folder 3:

Invitation to Clipped Wings luncheon

"Clipped Wings Compiles History," TWA Skyliner, February 11, 1985

"Clipped Wings (United Air Lines Stewardess Alumnae, Inc.) Seattle Directory, 1981-1982

United Air Lines news releases regarding stewardesses, undated

Folder 4:

Two black-and-white photographs from the Clipped Wings Benefit Lunch, March 19, 1982

Folder 5:

Numerous photographs of stewardesses from different eras and various airlines

Women air pilots "A Charming Target for British Soldiers," no source, undated

"Woman Pilot Relates Career's Flight Course," Sunday Oregonian, July 1, 1984

Women air pilots--Pacific Northwest "Airwomen Capture Sand Point Base," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, undated

"Airwomen Capture Sand Point Base," no source, undated

"Noted Aviator, Evelyn Burleson Waldren, Dies at 78," Seattle Times, October 27, 1986

"They Welcome Fliers," Idaho Statesman, July 13, 1939

Handwritten list of women pilots of the Northwest

"Woman's Place in Air, Flying Group Contends," Seattle Sunday Times, October 18, 1931

"Vintage Aircraft to Race," The Oregonian, September, 1983 (Jan Minarik, organizer)

"Women Enter Aviation," Aero Digest, November 1946

"Daring Young Women in Their Flying Machines," The Olympian, May 29, 1997

"Women Increasingly Becoming Airline Pilots," Aviation Week & Space Technology, May 1, 1978

Special edition of Northwest Intercom... (Department of Transportation/Federal Aviation Administration) that focuses on Federal Women's Week, August 20-26, 1978

"Flying High; Berquist Now 'Polished Pilot,'" Woodburn Independent, August 19, 1987

"Wings Across the Gender Gap," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 26, 1992

"The Record Setters," The 99 News, undated

Photocopies of photographs from the A. Elliott & Mildred Filz Merrill Collections

Photocopies of photographs from other sources

Women air pilots--Russia Photocopy of photograph of V.S. Grizodubova

Photocopy of photograph of N.M. Raskova

Photocopy of section from Women Aloft regarding Russian women pilots

"MiG Pilot Flies in Face of Russian Male Prejudice," The Electronic Telegraph (UK), July 8, 1999

Three (3) color lithographs of cosmonaut Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya and MiGs

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Folder 1:

"Oh...To Be a Women's Air Force Service Pilot," The Retired Officer, February 1977

"Women Pilots Recall Days of Soar," Eugene Register-Guard, November 11, 1986

"Salute to a Top-Flight Group of Women," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 24, 1990

"Woman Pilots Meet in Seattle, Recall Part in World War II," Boeing News, September 14, 1990

“Wasp Flies B-17s,” Boeing News Weekly, undated [Delphin Bohn]

“Blanche Bross of Ocean Park: She Flew the Bombers,” Chinook Observer, December 14, 1979

“WASP Grad Recalls WWII Flying Days,” Everett News Tribune, February 12, 1989 [Jane Cunningham]

Biographical sketch for Dr. Dora Dougherty Strother, Bell Helicopter Textron

Photocopies of two (2) photographs of B.J. Erickson

“Seattle Girl One of 25 Who Ferry Planes,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 28, 1943

Nomination (for Pathfinder Award?) for Barbara Erickson London, 1992

“The Lady Flew P-51s,” Oregon Stater, September 1998 [Enid Fisher]

“Sugar and Spice!; B-26 Gentle as Lamb in Hands of WASPs,” Martin Star, February 1944

Biographical sketch for Jacqueline Cochran

Two (2) photocopies of photographs of Jacqueline Cochran

“23 Women Flyers Receive Wings Here,” Houston Post, April 25, 1943

"Wings of War," Seattle Times, May 31, 1993

"Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too," Code One, October 1988

"Luckiest Girls in the World," Code One, April 1989

Folder 2:

“Girls of the Ferry Command Paper Dolls” (photocopy of two sheets)

“’Lipstick Squadron’ Trains in West Texas to Ferry Warplanes; Many Ladybirds Will Fly for U.S.,” Houston Post, April 27, 1943

The Fifinella Gazette. Number Three, April 1, 1943 (photocopy of eight pages)

“A Charming Target for British Soldiers, no source, undated [Mona Friedlander] – NOTE: Move to different folder about Women Pilots

“The WAFS; A Squadron of 25 Girls is Leading the Way for U.S. Women Fliers,” Look, February 9, 1943

Women helicopter pilots "The Whirly-Girls: Helicopter Pilots Extraordinaires," The 99 News, April 1987

Women in military "Should Women Be Sent Into Combat?," New York Times, July 21, 1991

"Women, Combat, and The Gender Line," MHQ, undated

Women in the Armed Forces. Prepared by American Forces Press Service, 1976 (pamphlet)

"Women in Naval Aviation; From Plane Captains to Pilots," Naval Aviation News, July 1977 (reprint)

"A Growing Role in Every Service," U.S. News & World Report, June 5, 1978

"POW Nurses: So Proudly We Hail," The Retired Officer, March 1974

"A Backward Glance: At the Twilight's Last Gleaming," The 99 News, November 1985 (Cornelia Fort)

Women in space "Women in Space," Journal of Aerospace Education, May 1978

"The Wrong Stuff," Final Frontier, undated

"Women Astronauts in U.S. Future?," National Business Woman, October 1966

Space for Women; Perspectives on Careers in Science. Smithsonian, undated (brochure)

"A Salute to Women in Aerospace," Aerospace, February 1975

Women working at Boeing Folder 1:

"Wings Across the Gender Gap; Female Pilots Test New Boeing Planes," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 26, 1992

"Boeing Women and How They're Managing," P-I/Northwest Magazine, November 2, 1980

"'Rosies' Recall WWII," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 7, 1981

"Woman Rudder Rigger Recalls Rigors of Early Pilot Training," Boeing News Weekly, undated

"First Woman 45-Year Pin Recipient Recalls Half-Century With Company," no source, undated

"Riveters and 'Skin' Workers Give Fortress a Tough Hide," no source, undated

"The Influence of Women on Aircraft Production Methods," Aero Digest, March 1943

"Women at Boeing," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 19, 1989

"Women in War Work," Aero Digest, September 1942

"R-R-R-Riveters at Work," Boeing News, March 1943

"Women! Bah! Says Hans," no source, undated

"Women Not Good Mechanics, Eh? You're Wrong, Says Boeing Man," no source, undated

"'Rosie the Riveter' Left Her Job Reluctantly," Seattle Times, November 13, 1979

"Women 18 and Over...You Can Help Win This War By Helping to Build Flying Fortresses!," no source, undated

"Increases Airplane Output," no source, undated

"'Miss Victory' Victory Goes to Mrs. Vickery," no source, undated

"Boeing's 1st Woman Engineer Dies at 57," no source, undated

"Blair, HQ Hostess, Help Complicated Events Come Off Smoothly," Boeing News, March 13, 1980

"The Engineer Who Kept Show Biz in Her Heart," P-I/Northwest Magazine, November 2, 1980

"All Women Crew Flies Agency Boeing," The 99 News, April 1987

"Boeing: Diverse Management Opportunities," Manager; A Publication of the Boeing Company Management Association, January-February 1990

Photocopy of accession record, letter, and photographs of women working at Boeing during World War II from Mildred Casey Waskey

Photocopies of photographs

Folder 2:

Photograph of Margaret Wendelin and Dorothy Crothers next to Boeing club ship

Photograph of woman next to airplane

Contact sheet of 35 photographs