OH 1308 | Oral History

OH 1308

Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Effects of the Great Depression on her family; her first job experience in a knitting mill; incentives to seek a job as a riveter with Armstrong, 1942; transportation problems; shift work; wage discrimination; length of the workday and workweek; riveting work on F4U Corsair fuselages; reaction of male employees to the hiring of women; sexual harassment; financial and patriotic motivation; purchase of war bonds; work clothing; rationing; her role as an air raid warden in her hometown; end of World War II and its effects on employment, 1945; effects of defense work on her self-esteem and self-confidence; her influence on her daughters' career choices.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 41 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Ronald E. Marcello
Date of Interview August 11, 1999

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