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Calling All Girls #21
Calling All Girls #21 This issue is an anthology containing a feature story about a female pilot named Jim Ellis who takes to the skies, depicted in a comic strip narrative where she demonstrates aircraft maneuvers and skill. The magazine also includes a non-fiction photo essay titled "Girls with the News" highlighting wartime contributions by girls and women, including Canadian Girl Guides serving as bicycle messengers, high school students preserving food for victory gardens, a girl who raised a prize-winning cattle calf, and singing sisters serving as airplane spotters. Additionally, the issue features a fashion and posture advice article by Elizabeth Hawes titled "You Can Sail Through Life," which emphasizes proper posture and physical exercises for young women's appearance and confidence.