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Important Message--WASP and AE
history removal from Textbooks
Dear Ninety - Nines,
The State Board of Education,
Textbook Committee, of the state of
Texas is in the process of
“streamlining” the second grade
curriculum by removing references to
Amelia Earhart, the WASPs, (and
Navajo Code Talkers), among others.
Since the States of Texas and
California are so large, their
requests for what is included in
textbooks is often carried over to
any other state ordering textbooks.
The same curriculum is shared
nationwide.
To protest the removal, please do
the following:
Go to the National WASP WWII Museum
(waspmuseum.org)
and scroll down to the link to their
Facebook page and click on the link.
You do not have to belong to
Facebook to participate. Click on
the message “Urgent Petition”. Fill
in your name and email. You will
then either get a message thanking
you for signing or it will send you
to a comment page. A direct link to
the petition page can be found at https://bit.ly/2D8B8Be
If you are sent to the comment page
it will request the following: Your
personal info and the number of the
proposed change. It will ask you to
identify yourself as “in state”,
“outside Texas” etc. Check the
appropriate box. It does not matter
if you are in Texas or not—many
states follow Texas’ lead in buying
textbooks.
The proposed rule change number is:
19 Chapter 113, Sub Chapter A,(2)
[4] [(B)]. This
proposes removal of Amelia Earhart.
19 Chapter 113, Sub Chapter a,(10)
[13] (B). This proposes removal
of the WASPs.
There is also a comment section.
You may wish to comment in this
fashion. “Removing women from
history denies young girls of strong
female role models and denies young
boys the opportunity to see women in
strong, leadership positions”.
If you prefer you can email Mike
Morath at commissioner [at] tea.texas.gov.
The comment period ends
November 13th.
Thank you for your consideration of
this. If you are a Facebook user you
can share the Facebook message.
The rule change can be found in its
entirety at https://tea.texas.gov.
Look for proposed rule changes then
click on 19 Chapter 113, Sub Chapter
A.
Please take a moment to sign the
petition to prevent this history
from being removed from these
textbooks.
The
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Earhart Drive Suite A, Oklahoma
City, OK 73159 - 1-844-994-1929
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