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Helen Williams

Stenographer, ClerkChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Helen Williams was a stenographer and clerk at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Lab (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

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