In today's Lincoln Journal Star, is an article about a ceremony on March 10, 2010 in Washington DC, honoring the women pilots of World War II. There were 1074 women pilots who were ahead of his time. Nineteen of these pilots were from Nebraska. Evelyn Sharp (above) was one of them. Diane Bartels wrote a book about her, Sharpie, The Life of Evelyn Sharp--Nebraska's Aviatrix.
The women were not allowed to fly combat missions, but because of their work, they freed the men up to go overseas for combat. They were considered non-military for a long time and denied military benefits.
Read the article at journalstar.com.
Nebraska Nellie
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