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Kattie Strickland

JanitorOak Ridge, TN

Wendover, UT
African-AmericanManhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Kattie Strickland Listen to Kattie Strickland’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Kattie Strickland was part of the janitorial staff at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. Unlike the white women whom she worked along side, Ms. Strickland lived in a hut and was prohibited from sharing living quarters with her husband, who also worked on the project.

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