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Lillian Guadagna

TechnicianChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Lillian Guadagna was a technician at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. According to Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project, she joined the Met Lab in 1946.

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