Women's World War II Oral History Project

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Blakeslee, Heather, creator

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This collection was produced by student Heather Blakeslee as an oral history project for an Independent Study course during the 2006 Spring semester at UW-Green Bay. It consists of handwritten inte...

This collection was produced by student Heather Blakeslee as an oral history project for an Independent Study course during the 2006 Spring semester at UW-Green Bay. It consists of handwritten interviews in questionnaire format of the personal experiences of eight women during World War II. Three of the women were children when the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor. They relate their responses to the attack on Pearl Harbor and what they, as children, did to contribute in the war effort. Each of the other five young adult women interviewed conveyed their wartime experiences. These included serving with the WAACs and the Cadet Nurses Corps, as well as participating in factory work, domestic work, and farming. A few made reference to members of minority groups working alongside of them, including a brief statement of how minorities were treated. Blakeslee provides a summary of each interview. Also included in this collection is a copy of Blakeslee's final paper. No recordings exist with these interviews.

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