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Martha Jackson Ross studied history and English at Montevallo College for Women. She worked on the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge. She met her husband, Donald Ross, there during the war. They were married at the Chapel on the Hill. 

After the war, she went on to a distinguished career in oral history. She helped helped co-found the Oral History in the Middle Atlantic Region and served as President of the Oral History Association. Ross taught oral history at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Martha Ross’s Timeline
1945 Graduated from Montevallo College for Women.

1978 Received Master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.

2013 Apr 5th Died in Fremont, OH.

Donald Ross and his bride Martha on their wedding day

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