How Women Won WWII: The Women of the Secret Cities
About this episode
This episode explores the crucial role women played in the Manhattan Project during World War II.
The Manhattan Project. It was a top-secret program ran for three war-filled years and employed over 120 thousand people. Most of those people had no idea that they were working on one of the most powerful projects of all time: creating nuclear weapons.
People in this episode
Host: Sharon McMahon
Topics covered
- women in history
- World War II
- nuclear weapons
- Manhattan Project
- secret cities
- gender roles
Keywords
- women
- World War II
- Manhattan Project
- nuclear weapons
- secret cities
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Manhattan Project
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