Lillie Allred

Chemical OperatorY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Allred worked as a chemical operator at the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. While at Oak Ridge, she was nominated as a contestant in the “Miss Atomic Bomb” beauty pageant.

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