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This article, published in the Wichita Eagle, covers women's role in the rapid expansion of the U.S. aviation industry workforce during the winter and spring of 1942.
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: April 5, 1942
This article can be used to help students appreciate the significant contributions women in Kansas made to the war effort. In addition, the article helps students appreciate the stereotypes women overcame as they worked to build the nation's fleet of airplanes.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213776
Call Number: K 629.13, vol. 3, Aviation Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213776
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1942
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Military
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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