Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

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.

Related Profiles

K. M. Whitlesy

Oak Ridge, TN

K. M. Whitlesy worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

John J. Mendl

Tinian Island

John Mendl was a member of the 1st Ordnance Squadron in the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific.

W. H. Clymer

Hanford, WA

M. Parks

Y-12 Plant

M. Parks worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.