The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II

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During World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. Thousands of civilians, mostly young women, were recruited, enticed by solid wages and war-ending work. Few would guess the true nature of the work done there. That is, until the end of the war and the secret was revealed. Interviewing the women who lived it, the author captures the spirit of the times through them: their pluck, desire to contribute, and enduring courage.

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Physical Description:

655 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Genre:

Large type books.

Subject Term:

Women employees -- History -- 20th century.

Women -- Interviews.

Uranium enrichment -- History -- 20th century.

Official secrets -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945.

Geographic Term:

Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century.

Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Oak Ridge (Tenn.) -- Biography.

Publisher:

Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Publication Date:

2013

ISBN:

9781410456472

Publication Information:

Detroit : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013

Call Number:

LP 976.8 KIERNAN

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it didn't appear on maps until 1949. Yet at the height of World War II it was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South, doing crucial -- and top secret -- war work. Now Denise Kiernan traces the astonishing story of these unsung WWII workers through interviews with dozens of surviving women.

Introduction	p. 11
Principal Cast of Characters	p. 17
Map - Clinton Engineer Works, Tennessee, 1943-1945	p. 24
Revelation, August 1945	p. 27
1 Everything Will Be Taken Care Of: Train to Nowhere, August 1943	p. 31
Tubealloy: The Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942	p. 52
2 Peaches and Pearls: The Taking of Site X, Fall 1942	p. 60
Tubealloy: Ida and the Atom, 1934	p. 81
3 Through the Gates: Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943	p. 86
Tubealloy: Lise and Fission, 1938	p. 125
4 Bull Pens and Creeps: The Project's Welcome for New Employees	p. 135
Tubealloy: Leona and Success in Chicago, December 1942	p. 156
5 Only Temporary: Spring into Summer, 1944	p. 166
Tubealloy: The Quest for Product	p. 199
6 To Work	p. 217
Tubealloy: The Couriers	p. 255
7 Rhythms of Life	p. 258
Tubealloy: Security, Censorship, and the Press	p. 290
8 The One About the Fireflies	p. 298
Tubealloy: Pumpkins, Spies, and Chicken Soup, Fall 1944	p. 325
9 The Unspoken: Sweethearts and Secrets	p. 332
Tubealloy: Combining Efforts in the New Year	p. 358
10 Curiosity and Silence	p. 362
Tubealloy: The Project's Crucial Spring	p. 383
11 Innocence Lost	p. 389
Tubealloy: Hope and the Haberdasher, April-May 1945	p. 414
12 Sand Jumps in the Desert, July 1945	p. 428
13 The Gadget Revealed	p. 458
14 Dawn of a Thousand Suns	p. 493
15 Life in the New Age	p. 522
Epilogue	p. 564
Notes	p. 575
Thanks	p. 645

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