Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Mary M. Dailey

Research Assistant; Health DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Chicago Pile-1

Mary M. Dailey was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. She was one of ten female scientists to sign the Szilard Petition, a document written by physicist Leo Szilard that attempted to prevent the United States from dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. 

Related Profiles

William E. Frankenstein

Los Alamos, NM

L. L. German

B Reactor/100 Area

German worked at the 100-D Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

P. Moroz

T-Plant/200 Areas

Moroz worked in the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Antoinette J. Cichy

Los Alamos, NM

Antoinette Cichy was a nurse in the main infirmary at Los Alamos, handling classified documents and classified medical cases.