Oral history interview with Mary Jane Dellinger, 2000 May 26.

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Oral history interview with Mary Jane Dellinger, 2000 May 26.

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Interview with Mary Jane Essinger Dellinger, factory worker, concerning her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Pre-war work experience in silk mills; effects of the Great Depression on her family; her employment at the Hamilton Watch Company assembling time fuses for bombs, 1942; her marriage to Clair Dellinger, 1942; her personal motivations for seeking defense work; her decision to change jobs and work for Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, 1943; her work on the F4U Corsair fuselage assembly line; comments about sexual harassment; production incentives and awards; war bond drives; comments about shift work; transportation arrangements; her decision to quit, 1945.

53 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Rivertown at War Oral History Project.

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Dellinger, Mary Jane E., 1922-

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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