| Collection Name: |
Winnie the Welder Oral History Project |
| Repository Name: |
Harvard University. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Schlesinger Library [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Local Identifier: |
B/W776; Vt-64 |
| Dates Spanned: |
1992-1992 |
| Description: |
The Winnie the Welder Oral History Project was conducted by the seventh grade class of the Broad Meadows Middle School, Quincy, Mass., under its teacher, Ronald G. Adams. It focused on the first women hired as shipbuilders at the Quincy Fore River Shipyard and Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard during World War II. |
| Finding Aid: |
Winnie the Welder Oral History Project |
| Broad Subjects: |
Women's Studies; Industry and Labor; Economics; Wars and Conflicts |
| ASP Subjects: |
Massachusetts; Oral history; Quincy, MA; Shipyards; United States; Welders (Persons); Welding; Women employees; World War, 1939-1945--War work; World War, 1939-1945--Women |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0001007 |
