The girls of Atomic City: the untold story of the women who helped win World War II
In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South. Their jobs were shrouded in mystery, but they were buoyed by a sense of shared purpose, close friendships, and a surplus of handsome scientists and Army men. But against this wartime backdrop, a darker story was unfolding. The penalty for talking about their work, even the most innocuous details, was job loss and eviction. One woman was recruited to spy on her coworkers. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb. Though the young women originally believed they would leave Oak Ridge after the war, many met husbands there, made lifelong friends, and still call the seventy-year-old town home. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-347) and index Revelation, August 1945 -- Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942 -- Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934 -- Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938 -- Bull pens and creeps : the Project's welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942 -- Only temporary : spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product -- To work. Tubealloy : the couriers -- Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press -- The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944 -- The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year -- Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the project's crucial spring -- Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945 -- Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945 -- The gadget revealed -- Dawn of a thousand suns -- Life in the new age |
| Beschreibung: | XVII, 373 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
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Datensatz im Suchindex
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| adam_text | Co
n t e n t
s
Introduction
ix
Principal
Cast of Characters
xiii
Map
—
Clinton
Engineer
Works, Tennessee,
1943—1945 xviii
Revelation, August
1945 1
1.
EVERYTHING WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF:
TRAIN TO NOWHERE, AUGUST
1943 3
Tubealloy: The Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills,
September
1942 15
2.
PEACHES AND PEARLS:
THE TAKING OF SITE X, FALL
1942 20
Tubealloy: Ida and the Atom,
1934 32
3.
THROUGH THE GATES: CLINTON ENGINEER WORKS,
FALL
1943 35
Tubealloy:
Lise
and Fission,
1938 57
4.
BULL PENS AND CREEPS: THE PROJECT S
WELCOME FOR NEW EMPLOYEES
63
Tubealloy:
Leona
and Success in Chicago, December
1942 75
5.
ONLY TEMPORARY: SPRING INTO SUMMER,
1944 81
Tubealloy: The Quest for Product
99
6.
TO WORK
109
Tubealloy: The Couriers 1
31
viii
* Contents
7.
RHYTHMS OF LIFE
133
Tubealloy: Security, Censorship, and the Press
151
8.
THE ONE ABOUT THE FIREFLIES
... 156
Tubealloy: Pumpkins, Spies, and Chicken Soup, Fall
1944 172
9.
THE UNSPOKEN: SWEETHEARTS AND SECRETS
176
Tubealloy: Combining Efforts in the New Year
191
10.
CURIOSITY AND SILENCE
193
Tubealloy: The Project s Crucial Spring
205
11.
INNOCENCE LOST
. 209
Tubealloy: Hope and the Haberdasher, April-May
1945 223
12.
SAND JUMPS IN THE DESERT, JULY
1945 232
13.
THE GADGET REVEALED
249
14.
DAWN OF A THOUSAND SUNS
269
15.
LIFE IN THE NEW AGE
286
Epilogue
311
Notes
3 1 7
Acknowledgments
349
Index
353
About the Author
373
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| spelling | Kiernan, Denise Verfasser aut The girls of Atomic City the untold story of the women who helped win World War II Denise Kiernan 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. New York, NY [u.a.] Simon & Schuster 2013 XVII, 373 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A Touchstone Book Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-347) and index Revelation, August 1945 -- Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942 -- Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934 -- Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938 -- Bull pens and creeps : the Project's welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942 -- Only temporary : spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product -- To work. Tubealloy : the couriers -- Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press -- The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944 -- The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year -- Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the project's crucial spring -- Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945 -- Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945 -- The gadget revealed -- Dawn of a thousand suns -- Life in the new age In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South. Their jobs were shrouded in mystery, but they were buoyed by a sense of shared purpose, close friendships, and a surplus of handsome scientists and Army men. But against this wartime backdrop, a darker story was unfolding. The penalty for talking about their work, even the most innocuous details, was job loss and eviction. One woman was recruited to spy on her coworkers. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb. Though the young women originally believed they would leave Oak Ridge after the war, many met husbands there, made lifelong friends, and still call the seventy-year-old town home. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Women employees / Tennessee / Oak Ridge / History / 20th century Women / Tennessee / Oak Ridge / Interviews Uranium enrichment / History / 20th century Official secrets / United States / History / 20th century World War, 1939-1945 / Women / Tennessee / Oak Ridge World War, 1939-1945 / Tennessee / Oak Ridge Alltag, Brauchtum Frau Geschichte Weltkrieg (1939-1945) Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Frauenarbeit (DE-588)4018210-1 gnd rswk-swf Urananreicherung (DE-588)4187154-6 gnd rswk-swf Oak Ridge (Tenn.) / History / 20th century Oak Ridge (Tenn.) / Social life and customs / 20th century Oak Ridge (Tenn.) / Biography USA Oak Ridge, Tenn. (DE-588)4205997-5 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content (DE-588)4133254-4 Erlebnisbericht gnd-content Oak Ridge, Tenn. (DE-588)4205997-5 g Frauenarbeit (DE-588)4018210-1 s Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s Urananreicherung (DE-588)4187154-6 s Geschichte z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-4516-1754-2 Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen 3 application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=025919249&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| topic | Women employees / Tennessee / Oak Ridge / History / 20th century Women / Tennessee / Oak Ridge / Interviews Uranium enrichment / History / 20th century Official secrets / United States / History / 20th century World War, 1939-1945 / Women / Tennessee / Oak Ridge World War, 1939-1945 / Tennessee / Oak Ridge Alltag, Brauchtum Frau Geschichte Weltkrieg (1939-1945) Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd Frauenarbeit (DE-588)4018210-1 gnd Urananreicherung (DE-588)4187154-6 gnd |
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