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#150: Susan Tate Ankeny - "American Flygirl: The True Story of Hazel Ying Lee"
Axelbank Reports History and Today
English - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In "American Flygirl" Susan Tate Ankeny shows how a young girl with a fascination for flying became the first female Asian-American pilot to fly for the military. Hazel Ying Lee was born in Portland, but came of age at a time when the deck was stacked against people like her. Hazel never let discrimination or expectation shatter her dreams of flying for a living. She flew in China to defend her ancestral homeland from attack, then became a WASP for the US Airforce during World War II. Though Hazel died at a young age in an aviation accident, Ankeny argues that the lessons of her life for today's society must be understood.
Susan Tate Ankeny's website can be found at https://susantateankeny.com/
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