Gladys Evans

Calutron GirlOak Ridge, TN

Y-12 Plant

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Listen to Gladys Evans’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Gladys Evans worked as a Calutron girl at the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN. She experienced the living conditions at Oak Ridge, including the weather, heightened security, and social life.

Gladys Evans’s Timeline

1944 Jan First arrived at Oak Ridge.

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