Dorothy Dodd Eppstein talks about her service in the Women Air Force Service Pilots

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Description:

In an oral history interview, Dorothy Dodd Eppstein talks about her service in the Women Air Force Service Pilots group (WASP) from 1943 to 1944. Epstein discusses her education, the events which led her to enlist in the U.S. Army, her training on several types of aircraft, the resistance to women pilots among ground crews, social life on bases, and the poor quality of aircraft. She says that after the war, she and her husband built a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that she was active in the anti-Vietnam War and women's movements and enjoyed a twenty year carer with the Veterans Administration. Eppstein is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.

Date Issued:

2003-08-03T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States, United States, United States, and United States

Subject Topic:

Air pilots, Military, Women air pilots, Veterans, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, and Participation, Female

Subject Name:

Eppstein, Dorothy and Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5154fz9r