News and Announcements
Good Morning America airs segment featuring Katherine Sharp Landdeck and her book
3/15/21
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Good Morning America aired a segment on the amazing Women Airforce Service Pilots, whose heroic feats during World War II were chronicled by TWU’s Kate Landdeck in her latest book, “The Women with Silver Wings.”
Landdeck and her book were also featured in the Texas Standard story, "Women Who Flew: The Silver Winged WASPs Of World War II."
Katherine Sharp Landdeck speaks at national U.S. Air Force symposium
3/15/21
Associate professor of history Katherine Sharp Landdeck, PhD, was a speaker on several panels for the U.S. Air Force Academy National Character and Leadership Symposium in February. She was also a guest speaker for the academy's freshmen and upper-level history classes.
TWU to present virtual forum on legacy, roots of Capitol violence
3/1/21
Texas Woman’s University will host its first virtual Public Affairs Forum, “Capitol Violence: Tracing Legacies of Anti-Black Racism, White Supremacy and Anti-Semitism,” on Zoom 6-7:30 p.m., March 4. The event is free and open to the public. Participants must register in advance and are encouraged to submit questions for the panelists through the registration form.
Jamison Lecture to feature Melba Patillo Beals of Little Rock Nine
2/24/21
Melba Patillo Beals, Ed.D., journalist, author and member of the Little Rock Nine — the first group of African American students to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957 — will speak at Texas Woman’s University’s sixth annual Jamison Lecture, part of the Nancy P. and Thaddeus E. Paup Lecture Series. The lecture, titled “Warriors Don’t Cry,” will take place online via live stream beginning at 7 p.m., March 18.
Radio stations across Texas air segment on Katherine Landdeck's new book
12/3/20
For more than 25 years, Katherine Sharp Landdeck, PhD, has been completely enamored with the story of the female pilots of World War II. Landdeck, a pilot herself and a professor of history at Texas Woman’s University, has written a book that tells the personal stories of “The Women With Silver Wings.” A Texas Standard radio segment featuring Landdeck and her book aired earlier this month on NPR affiliate stations across the state.