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Pearline Boykin

Technical Worker; Chemistry DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Pearline Boykin was a technical worker at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project. 

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