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Anthony P. Musso: "Hidden Treasures of the Hudson Valley - Volume 3"
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Saturday, April 17, 2021
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District presented the eighth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 17, 2021 -- a live streamed event. In four sessions authors of recently published books on Hudson Valley history presented author talks with live Q&A from the virtual audience.
Anthony P. Musso: "Hidden Treasures of the Hudson Valley - Volume 3"
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Saturday, April 17, 2021
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District presented the eighth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 17, 2021 -- a live streamed event. In four sessions authors of recently published books on Hudson Valley history presented author talks with live Q&A from the virtual audience.
![The Fly Girls Revolt - Eileen A. Bjorkman [Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRtngMGxyCw/hqdefault.jpg "The Fly Girls Revolt - Eileen A. Bjorkman [Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]
The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat - Eileen A. Bjorkman [Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]
00:00 – Introduction
02:49 – Reads Chapter: “We Need Women, We Don’t Need Women”
07:25 – Cochran’s lunch with FDR in Hyde Park
09:58 – Cochran meets with General Hap Arnold
11:02 – Rep Edith Rogers and bringing women into the military
16:31 – Military women face smear campaigns
19:46 – Army Air Force creates Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron
21:40 – WASP trains 1000 women to ferry aircraft
23:33 – 1948 legislation allows women full-time military presence.
24:50 – In 1973, women finally train as military pilots
27:13 – In 1993, women finally allowed to fly in combat
28:10 – Q&A")
