37th Admiral Nimitz Conference- Denise Kiernan
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Duration:
55 Minutes
Audience:
Students, Lifelong Learners
Atomic Bomb & Manhattan Project
Women
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During World War II, more than 75,000 men and women converged on a government-built town, Oak Ridge, in rural Tennessee to work on a mysterious project–the Manhattan Project. The site employed a vast number of young women recruited from high schools, hospitals, colleges, diners and more. They were forbidden from ever speaking about their work. Denise Kiernan shares what she learned in her seven-year quest to uncover their stories, interviewing more than 100 surviving Oak Ridgers.
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