Susan Tate Ankeny is a nonfiction World Struggle 2 historical past e book creator whose works embody ‘The Lady and the Bombardier’ and her latest e book, ‘American Flygirl’. ‘American Flygirl’ recounts the inspiring story of Hazel Ying Lee, the primary Asian American lady to earn a pilot’s license and fly with the Girls Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) regardless of the widespread anti-Asian sentiment again then.
Hazel refused to be deterred by discrimination because of her gender and her standing because the daughter of Chinese language immigrants. Only one 12 months after sitting in on a pal’s flight lesson, she earned her pilot’s license and was on the best way to the entrance towards the Japanese. She would posthumously obtain the Congressional Medal of Honor for her extraordinary service and patriotism.
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