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Edith A. Wright

Computing PersonnelLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Edith Wright was a member of the computing personnel that did hand calculations in the T-5 group at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

 

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