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Podcast: Literary Aviatrix: The Power of Story - Women in Aviation
Episode: WP35: Author Sherri L. Smith introduces her novel FLYGIRL about a fair-skinned Black woman who passes as white to join the WASP
Description: Send a textIn 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. Did you know you can support your local independent bookshop and me by shopping through my Bookshop.org affiliate links on my website? If a book is available on Bookshop.org, you'll find a link to it on the book page. B...