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in Cleveland, Ohio, collects and displays artifacts,
photographs, articles, textiles, art and paper items
relating to the history of women in aviation and space.
Displays highlight Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols,
Bessie Coleman, Harriet Quimby, Katharine Wright,
The Whirly Girls helicopter pilots and more. There’s
also an online exhibition, “Defying the Odds: Exploring
the Impact of Women and Aviation in the First Half of
the Twentieth Century.” iwasm.org/wp-blog
Texas Woman’s University in Denton has several
aviation collections, including Women Military
Aviators, Air Race Classic, Whirly-Girls International,
International Society of Women Airline Pilots,
Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance
and Ninety-Nines, Inc. One of the largest is the
1 million wartime and postwar items in the Women
Airforce Service Pilots Official Archive. According to
the university, “The Woman’s Collection is a premiere
destination on the history of women in aviation. We
collect and preserve the stories of women in aviation
organizations as well as individual female aviators. We
tell not only the story of the WASP, but how their legacy
lives on today through current organizations and
pilots.” Visit in person, or some of the collections are
viewable online. twu.edu/library/womans-collection/
collections KA
Bessie Coleman is among the featured pioneers at The
Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma City.
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