The all female and white work force changes shifts at the Y-12 uranium enrichment facility August 11, 1945 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was the site of the Clinton Engineer Works where the Manhattan Project to make an atomic bomb was based during WWII. The facility relied on women workers as the majority of men were serving in the military during the war.
The all female and white work force changes shifts at the Y-12 uranium enrichment facility August 11, 1945 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Oak Ridge was the site of the Clinton Engineer Works where the Manhattan Project to make an atomic bomb was based during WWII. The facility relied on women workers as the majority of men were serving in the military during the war.
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