Ashby, Everylee

Date:
1998-11-24
Interviewer:
Harmon, Shirley
Transcription available:
no
Interview Number(s):
2002_2_2
2002_2_3
Summary:
Ms. Ashby discusses her employment, primarily with High Rock Bottling, DuPont and Reynolds, during the war. Ms. Ashby was one of the first two black women hired at the DuPont plant; she also describes an integrated workplace at Reynolds. She also describes her life after her husband returned from the war, and attitudes toward work during the war.
Topic(s):
Women in WWII