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Women & Minority Communities

Women & Minority Communities

Women's Army Corps (WAC)

Date: 
Friday, April 27, 2018
The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) was established during World War II as the women’s branch of the U.S. Army.

Gallery

  • Norma Gross working on an experiment.

    Norma Gross working on an experiment.

  • WACs at Los Alamos.

    WACs at Los Alamos.

  • Myrtle Bachelder, 1942.

    Myrtle Bachelder, 1942.

  • Jane working with another WAC, Oak Ridge.

    Jane working with another WAC, Oak Ridge.

  • Jane at work with Parsons, Oak Ridge.

    Jane at work with Parsons, Oak Ridge.

  • Jane's Special Orders Document, 1946.

    Jane's Special Orders Document, 1946.

  • WAC Yearbook Photo, 1945.

    WAC Yearbook Photo, 1945.

  • Arlene G. Scheidenhelm. Photo courtesy of Joseph Gorman.

    Arlene G. Scheidenhelm. Photo courtesy of Joseph Gorman.

The Human Computers of Los Alamos

Date: 
Friday, May 26, 2017
Before computers became the modern electric desktops or laptops of today, “computers” actually referred to the people who did computing or calculations of equations.

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  • Jean Dow Bacher

    Jean Dow Bacher

  • Kay Manley

    Kay Manley

  • Augusta "Mici" Teller

    Augusta "Mici" Teller

  • Geoffrey Chew

    Geoffrey Chew

  • Katherine Johnson at NASA in 1966

    Katherine Johnson (Subject of Hidden Figures)  doing hand calculations at NASA in 1966.

    Photo Credit: NASA Langley Research Center

  • SEDs at Los Alamos

    SEDs at Los Alamos.

Native Americans and the Manhattan Project

Date: 
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Many of the communities established during the Manhattan Project relied on Native American cooperation.

Gallery

  • Pueblo dancers performing for Manhattan Project employees. Photo courtesy of the Robert JS Brown Collection.

    Pueblo dancers performing for Manhattan Project employees. Photo courtesy of the Robert JS Brown Collection.

  • Marie Herrera with Peter Bretscher, photo courtesy of the Churchill College Archives

    Marie Herrera with Peter Bretscher, photo courtesy of the Churchill College Archives

  • Pueblo women and children at Los Alamos. Photo courtesy of the Robert JS Brown collection

    Pueblo women and children at Los Alamos. Photo courtesy of the Robert JS Brown collection

  • Music at a Pueblo gathering. Photo courtesy of the Robert JS Brown collection.

    Music at a Pueblo gathering. Photo courtesy of the Robert JS Brown collection.

African Americans and the Manhattan Project

Date: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
African Americans played an important, though often overlooked, role on the Manhattan Project.

Gallery

  • Black female performer during Christmas at Hanford

    Black female performer during Christmas at Hanford

  • African-American construction workers at Hanford

    African-American construction workers at Hanford

  • Scarboro School girls' basketball team

    Scarboro School girls' basketball team

  • Segregation at Oak Ridge

    Segregation at Oak Ridge

  • Democratic Party meeting near Oak Ridge, 1946

    Democratic Party meeting near Oak Ridge, 1946

  • J. Ernest Wilkins at a special event in his honor at the University of Chicago in March 2007

    J. Ernest Wilkins at a special event in his honor at the University of Chicago in March 2007