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Every day, memories of World War II—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear. Denise Kiernan's The Girls of Atomic City captures a wonderful social history of how women made the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee successful.
Mar 5, 2013 · The reverberations from their work there--work they didn't fully understand at the time--are still being felt today. In The Girls of Atomic City, Denise Kiernan traces the astonishing story of these unsung WWII workers through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents.
Mar 5, 2013 · In The Girls of Atomic City, Denise Kiernan traces the astonishing story of these unsung WWII workers through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents.
For the young adventurers, male and female, who traveled to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during World War II, doing their part meant living and working in a secret city, a place created from the ground up for one reason and one reason only—to enrich uranium for the world’s first atomic bomb used in combat.
Mar 4, 2014 · Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it--women who are now in their eighties and nineties-- "The Girls of Atomic City "rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity.
Mar 20, 2013 · The incredible 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.
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Mar 11, 2014 · The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb.
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Mar 5, 2013 · The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought...
Mar 5, 2013 · The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb.
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Mar 5, 2013 · 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...
