| Interviewee | DELLINGER, Mary Jane Essig (b. 1922) |
| Professions | Factory worker |
| Interview ID # | OH 1345 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Factory worker. Her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Pre-war work experience in silk mills; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her employment at the Hamilton Watch Company assembling time fuses for bombs, 1942; her marriage to Clair Dellinger, 1942; her personal motivations for seeking defense work; her decision to change jobs and work for Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, 1943; her work on the F4U Corsair fuselage assembly line; comments about sexual harassment; production incentives and awards; war bond drives; comments about shift work; transportation arrangements; her decision to quit, 1945. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 51 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
