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Nellie Jennings

Laboratory Assistant; Chemistry DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Nellie Jennings was a laboratory assistant at the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago during the Manhattan Project. She worked with a number of other women technicians, such as Addie SaundersEvelyn J. Brown, Eleese  BowmanJulia Elaine FreemanValda B. Lemke, and Marilyn Jordan.

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