by Denise Kiernan
An Amazing Read!!! This book takes us back in time and shows us the roles of several types of women in Oak Ridge, TN. We get a clear understanding of their hardships and how adaptable they are in less than ideal situations in a town that was growing faster than it's ability to accommendate the grow ...
An Amazing Read!!! This book takes us back in time and shows us the roles of several types of women in Oak Ridge, TN. We get a clear understanding of their hardships and how adaptable they are in less than ideal situations in a town that was growing faster than it's ability to accommendate the grow ...
This book really made me feel as if I knew what it felt like to live and work at Oak Ridge in the lead-up to the glorious, horrible end of World War II. Although I could have used a bit more clarity in the chronology, and certain events felt glossed over, the focus on women's experiences both at Oak...
I've been in a WWII frame of mind lately and I had ordered this book a few months ago, so I snagged it from my Jenga-like TBR pile and cracked it open over the weekend. I'm not a feminist by almost anybody's definition, but I've always been eager to read more about how women picked up and carried ...
The story of the founding of Oak Ridge National Lab and the enrichment of uranium for the Manhattan project is a fascinating story. One of those that I should have known but didn't. I was continually pulling tidbits out of this book and discussing them with people I ran into. Amazing, amazing pie...
This is an extremely fascinating look at the Manhattan Project in general but specifically the secret facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that helped develop the Uranium for the atomic bombs. This book follows the young women that worked in Oak Ridge at Site X not knowing what exactly they were working...
There once was a hidden city that didn't appear on any maps. The people that lived there were sworn to secrecy about every aspect of their lives and work. Even if they wanted to tell someone about what was going on they couldn't have. The vast majority of the men and women working in Oak Ridge, TN d...
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