Aquilla Parsons

Aquilla Parsons was a technician at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Parsons was in the Nonacademic Service Group led by Kathleen Florin. The Nonacademic Service Group was made up of laboratory assistants, technicians and secretaries. This group included Minnie Daniels, Elise Mae Freeman and Lillie May Porter among many other women.

For more information about women in the Manhattan Project, please see the following reference:

• Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project by Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg