WP35: Author Sherri L. Smith introduces her novel FLYGIRL about a fair-skinned Black woman who passes as white to join the WASP
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Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
WP35: Author Sherri L. Smith introduces her novel FLYGIRL about a fair-skinned Black woman who passes as white to join the WASP
May 30, 2023 Season 3 Episode 55
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In this portion of my interview with Sherri L. Smith she talks about the inception of the idea for the character, Ida Mae, who is a fair skinned Black woman living in the South as WWII begins, who passes as white to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots. 


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