Valda B. Lemke

Laboratory Technician; Chemistry DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Valda B. Lemke was a laboratory assistant at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project. She worked with a number of other women technicians, such as Addie Saunders, Nellie Jennings, Eleese Bowman, Julia Elaine Freeman, Evelyn J. Brown, and Marilyn Jordan.

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