Welcome to IWASM's Digital Collections! 

Please know that our site is currently under construction. Materials may be taken off or added at any time as our staff works hard to make our collections accessible to our community. 

Thanks in large part to our 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities grant, we are undertaking the daunting task of researching, updating, and standardizing our digital collections.

Items that were added prior to January 1, 2024 may not present the entirety of the information now available thanks to the grant. 

This means that it takes some time to update outdated metadata, rights and reproductions, and more. The majority of our collections are currently not available on this site. If you have any specific research requests or want to learn more, please reach out to collections@iwasm.org.

Our team is excited to assist you! Thank you for your patience as we work to preserve these amazing stories of women in air and space.

Recently Added Items

IWASM Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

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Left to right: Burke Lakefront Airport Commissioner Michael Barth, IWASM Director Joan Hrubec, IWASM President Connie Luhta, Cheryl Ginsberg…

Museum Committee at 1976 Ninety-Nines Convention

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A group of Ninety-Nines gathers in a hotel room during the 1976 Ninety-Nines Convention to discuss the proposed Ninety-Nines Museum, which would later…

1991 IWASM Board

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The IWASM Board meeting attendees at the May 1991 Annual Meeting. The meeting took place in the exhibit area of the Asahel Wright Home, Centerville,…

Tribute Letter

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Memory written to Ruby at her memorial service. There are more of these within the collection.

Pre-Flying Ruby

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A photograph of Ruby on a boat assumed to be taken before she started flying