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Today, we’re stepping back into the 1940s, to a moment in World War II when the United States desperately needed pilots. Not just any pilots, but more pilots. Faster and in larger numbers than ever before.

What came next was an unexpected revolution in military aviation.

This is the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots known simply as the WASP, the first women in U.S. history to fly military aircraft.

This is the remarkable story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Stay curious, keep your wings level and may your breakfast be hot and your coffee strong.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots#Notable_WASP_aviators

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Ying_Lee

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49467378/hazel_ying-yim_qun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Harkness_Love

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101163009/hannah_lincoln-love

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7691192/jacqueline-cochran

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/aviation-pioneer-jacqueline-cochran

https://cafriseabove.org/wasp-killed-in-service/

https://www.wwii-women-pilots.org/the-38.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81530123/robert_harvey-cochran

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Today’s story is about a woman I stumbled upon in my research about someone else. I found this woman interesting and deserving of her own episode rather than a highlight in someone else’s. Here is the back story of how I found Doris. I found a list of names I made 3 years ago. My list contained the names and links to the 11 confirmed murders the Barrow Gang committed. Bonnie and Clyde were credited with killing many more people than they should have.

I will tell you the story of a young widow who carried her husband’s gun, wore his badge, and changed what it meant to be a Texas Ranger.

Her name… was Doris Elizabeth Brown Wheeler.

Doris was believed to be the last surviving widow of the infamous bank robbers' victims.

Thanks for joining us at our breakfast table. Please leave us a rating and review any where you listen to our little show, it really helps us to reach new ears.

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20127006/doris_elizabeth-edwards

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46412268/arthur_edwin-edwards

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43810470/robert_vernon-sandlin

https://www.texascourthistory.org/Content/Newsletters//TSCHS%20Summer%202023.pdf?utm_source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_O%27_Hill_Terrace

https://archive.texasranger.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NEWSLETTER_October2022.pdf

https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-twilight-of-the-texas-rangers/

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Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!

Happy Halloween, and until next time—stay curious, and stay safe.

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In honor of Halloween, we will dive into the eerie life — or rather, afterlife — of one of the most infamous figures in American folklore: The Headless Horseman.

The Headless Horseman — a figure that has galloped through the imaginations of generations — is best known from Washington Irving’s classic story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” But who was he? And where did this terrifying apparition come from?

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headless_Horseman

https://www.history.com/articles/legend-sleepy-hollow-headless-horseman

https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/headless-horseman-festival-2025/?utm_source

https://wrrv.com/old-dutch-church-fest/?utm_source

https://visitsleepyhollow.com/

https://www.sleepyhollowutah.com/

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Today, we dive into the remarkable life of Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard — a woman whose courage not only challenged the 19th-century mental health system but also became a beacon for women's rights and legal reform.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Packard

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-packard

https://strongwomeninhistory.com/2024/12/02/elizabeth-ware-packard-silent-no-more/

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/careandcustody/collection-detail.html?imgid=4&imgName=OB12790-md

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xcj83

https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2013/01/elizabeth-packard.html

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Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!

Today we’re focusing on a woman whose quiet courage changed the course of history — Miep Gies.

You might know her as the woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. But Miep’s life story is much richer than that moment alone. It’s a story of compassion, bravery, and moral conviction in a time when silence could mean complicity, and speaking out could cost you everything.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miep_Gies

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/miep-gies/

https://www.biography.com/history-culture/miep-gies

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miep-gies

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46579517/miep-gies

https://hmd.org.uk/resource/miep-gies/

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Today, we travel back to the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — July, 1863. The Civil War is raging. Muskets crack. Cannons thunder. And amid the chaos, a 20-year-old woman kneads bread dough in her sister’s kitchen.

Her name is Jennie Wade, she will become the only direct civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Jennie Wade wasn’t a soldier. She wasn’t a spy. She wasn’t part of any grand political plot. She was a daughter, a sister, and a seamstress— born May 21, 1843, right in the town that would soon become infamous.

Sources:

https://www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com/jennie-wade-house/history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Skelly

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7606339/jack-skelly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Wade

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/mary-virginia-jennie-wade

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1064/jennie-wade

newspapers.com sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1142375889/?match=1&terms=Mary%20Virginia%20Wade

https://www.newspapers.com/image/38246632/?match=1&terms=Mary%20Virginia%20Wade

https://www.newspapers.com/image/24457449/?match=1&terms=Mary%20Virginia%20Wade

https://www.newspapers.com/image/904937499/?match=1&terms=Mary%20Virginia%20Wade

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Hello and welcome to Breakfast with Mom! Today we talk about one of the most destructive fires in American history, The Peshtigo Fire of 1871. Please leave of a review of this episode wherever you listen- it helps us to reach new listeners.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo,_Wisconsin

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1750

https://www.weather.gov/grb/peshtigofire

https://www.history.com/articles/peshtigo-fire-america-deadliest-wildfire

https://peshtigofiremuseum.com/

https://peshtigofiremuseum.com/list-of-dead-in-peshtigo/

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