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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It’s an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as @davidgrann.bsky.social. So glad you liked the book!

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Lisa Yelon @lisayelon.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

New blog post: Dig in to these two great true stories from writers @davidgrann.bsky.social and @beckyaikman.bsky.social. #booksky #nonfic www.lisayelon.com/blog/histori...

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Historical Non-Fiction — Lisa Yelon

Amazing tales of survival and bravery!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Short but fascinating. I had a great time talking history with Peter on @historyshortspod.bsky.social

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Jackie Cochran was unstoppable. Thanks to her, the first American women to pilot military aircraft flew in Britain during World War II.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Any one of the American pilots could have been the inspiration for a movie, that’s how dramatic they were.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Talking about forgotten trailblazing women is the counter programming we need!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2 Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1 Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

On this Memorial Day, I want to honor Mary Webb Nicholson. She was killed in the crash of a faulty RAF Miles Master fighter during WW II. Mary was one of 25 American women pilots who flew for Britain during the war, because the U.S. military did not permit women to fly. (Photo courtesy her family.)

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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Love this piece by @beckyaikman.bsky.social up on @literaryhub.bsky.social, from Aikman's latest book, SPITFIRES. "Someday, the women all knew, if they survived the war, the door to modernity that had opened for them might close again." Just ordered & can't wait to read! lithub.com/how-a-group-...

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How a Group of Fearless American Women Defied Convention to Defeat the Nazis

Twenty-five American women were part of a little-known corps that ferried planes for England during World War II. They had crossed the perilous wartime Atlantic in 1942 because the United States mi…

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Today on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking the end of World War II in Europe, it’s time we honored the American women featured in SPITFIRES. They flew the biggest, fastest, scariest aircraft in Britain when they weren’t allowed to fly for their own country. It’s been 80 years people!

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Bloomsbury Books US @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Listen to author @beckyaikman.bsky.social as she joins the History of WWII Podcast to discuss her new book SPITFIRES! Learn about the American women who flew during the war. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Ep 534-Becky Aikman Interview-Spitfires:The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During WWII

Podcast Episode · The History of WWII Podcast · 05/06/2025 · 40m

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Five years in the making, SPITFIRES is out today!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Is your mother a trailblazer? Aren’t they all? Then this is the perfect gift! SPITFIRES, the story of the bold, forgotten American trailblazers who flew for Britain during World War II. On sale tomorrow or pre-order now! Either way, you’ll get it in time to impress your mom!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Jonathan Eig won the Pulitzer Prize AND a place on the York Times bestseller list for magnificent KING: A LIFE. I’m so honored that he wrote this blurb for SPITFIRES.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

CBS Saturday Morning features me and my book SPITFIRES tomorrow morning! The piece captures the excitement, drama and personal stories of the American women who flew for Britain during World War II.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

One of my favorite authors, @keithob.bsky.social, wrote the enthralling New York Times bestseller FLY GIRLS, about the thrilling exploits of 1930s women risking it all in air races. I’m grateful he shared his thoughts on SPITFIRES.

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'. She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ReadMoreWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️

photo of Edna Ferber looking over a balcony. She is a white woman in a cloche hat with a grim fur on her shoulders.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Olivia Campbell knows how to spin an exciting tale about women pioneers. I’m thrilled that she enjoyed the ride with the SPITFIRES heroines.

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Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our friend Mohsen Mahdawi. Legal US resident. Palestinian leader at Columbia who spoke out against antisemitism. Kind, thoughtful man. Today, Mohsen went to his final citizenship interview in VT where masked ICE agents put him in handcuffs and drove off. We don’t know where he is.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.

META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing

The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today

This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

ABOUT THE SPITFIRES: Ann Wood was president of her college class, ambitious for a career in government or business. As an American pilot in Britain during World War II, she made connections in hopes of finding postwar work that was rarely open to women at the time.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I admire the beautifully written work of Shelley Puhak, who is kind enough to recognize my efforts in SPITFIRES.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Major General Mari K. Eder knows a thing or two about daring women who are brave enough to serve their country. Her seal of approval for SPITFIRES means a lot to me.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The British RAF in World War II was much more open to women of color than the American military.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

My philosophy on this thanks to @djpatil.bsky.social

A sticker on a keyboard that says move purposefully and fix things.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/02/2025

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

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Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday

Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Looking forward to this story of courageous women.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

History matters! Young people need to see what they can be.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Erasing stories about the service of women and Black pilots from history has one purpose: to advance the lie that they cannot excel at work that requires exceptional skill and courage, when in fact they have.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It turns out, the first American women to fly in a war were almost completely forgotten to history. I spent four years tracking down their thrilling story. The book is out May 6. You can pre-order it now -- anywhere books are sold.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Immigrants are saving the dogs! They're saving the cats! They're saving the homes of the people who live here!

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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In Praise of California

It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I think there should be memorial services for lost houses. Let people grieve.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Since we have no idea if the winds are going to make these fires worse I think everyone could check on neighbors and make sure everyone has a plan and place to safely evacuate to. Please check on your elderly & disabled neighbors & people new to LA who may not have friends or family in the area.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I’ve gotten obsessed with how little many people understand what reporting is, what journalism is – I wish there was a modern TV show or movie that really got into the nitty-gritty, because I think art is one of the only ways people absorb ideas (and fantasies/myths) about jobs

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I started hearing Tuesday from people who knew I was in LA, checking on me. Suddenly today people who get their news from Fox got in touch, all surprised at what was happening. I guess the Fox ghouls ignored the catastrophe until they decided to politicize it.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Nothing about the Los Angeles fires in this morning’s physical New York Times. Nothing about Jimmy Carter’s death the day after he died either. I’ve always loved reading on paper, but it seems to have given up completely on being timely.

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

People outside of LA truly don’t understand how apocalyptic this is. It’s worse than it’s ever been. Entire residential neighborhoods are burning to the ground.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/01/2025

If you are in the Los Angeles area, here's where to get information on the fires: - View the fire map at fire.ca.gov - Download the Watch Duty app - Sign up for NotifyLA alerts with the city at emergency.lacity.gov

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