Young women, working as technicians in the Y-12
Young women, working as technicians in the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. World War 2 labor shortage resulted in the hiring recent high school graduates and farm girls. Called Calutron Girls, because they tended the CALifornia University cycloTRONs that separated weapons grade uranium 235 from natural uranium 238. (BSLOC_2014_6_59)
Picture No
11001671
Media ID
45269959
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3000px x 2375px
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Credit
Everett Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Everett Collection
