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Katherine Sharp Landdeck

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Katherine Sharp Landdeck is an associate professor of history at Texas Woman’s University, the home of the WASP archives. A Guggenheim Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where she earned her Ph.D., Landdeck has received numerous awards for her work on the WASP and has appeared as an expert on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS, and the History channel. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and HuffPost, as well as in numerous academic and aviation publications. Landdeck is a licensed pilot who flies whenever she can.

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Did being a pilot yourself help when it came to making connections with the WASP over the years? They must have really trusted you to understand why they wanted to fly so badly back in WWII, even when many of them were told in subtle and not so subtle ways that women just didn't do that and certainly not for the military. Reading your book, it seems the research process must have been fascinating!

Katherine Sharp Landdeck Being a pilot really did make a big difference when doing my oral histories with the women. Their tone and attitude would always shift as soon as they…moreBeing a pilot really did make a big difference when doing my oral histories with the women. Their tone and attitude would always shift as soon as they realized we shared that love of flying. They would talk about the planes differently, describe little details knowing I got it, and gossip about things only another pilot would understand.
While a lot of the research was typical of a historian - in the archives, digging into primary sources - the best part was going with the women to airshows and finding some quiet corner to talk while planes buzzed overhead. I still can't believe I was so lucky!(less)

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Is there a way that a daughter of a WASP can access archives or add to archives? (My mother was in the class of 44-W-5).

Katherine Sharp Landdeck Hi Linda! Absolutely! You can go here to find their general email https://twu.edu/library/womans-collec....

Or you can email me at my work email and I …moreHi Linda! Absolutely! You can go here to find their general email https://twu.edu/library/womans-collec....

Or you can email me at my work email and I will get you in touch! https://twu.edu/history-political-sci...

Thanks! KSL(less)

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