| Title: |
Lupe Purdy
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Women's History: Rosie the Riveter Revisited
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| Description: |
Lupe Purdy was working in the garment industry in Los Angeles before she went to work at Douglas Aircraft for two years. Although she had a mechanical aptitude and liked acquiring and using the skills she learned at Douglas, ultimately the unpleasant working conditions and strained family life took its toll.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Purdy, Lupe
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker occupation: |
Factory employee; Homemaker
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
California; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Aircraft industry; California; North America; Oral history; United States; Women employees; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--War work; World War, 1939-1945--Women
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035420-38986
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