Ashby, Everylee

Date:
1998-11-24
Interviewer:
Harmon, Shirley
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Women and World War II
Series ID:
0000-010
Interview Number(s):
2002_2_2
2002_2_3
Summary:
Everylee 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):
World War, 1939-1945--Women, Women--Employment--United States, African Americans--Employment