Ethel Schwartz

Office workerLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker

Ethel Schwartz arrived as a bride with her husband, Manuel Schwartz, at Los Alamos in 1944. She worked in the office until she became pregnant with her son, Joel Schwartz, who was born there after the bombs were dropped on August 6, 1945.

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