Lane, Fannie

Date:
1998-11-05
Interviewer:
Harmon, Shirley
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Women and World War II
Series ID:
0000-010
Interview Number(s):
2002_2_9
Summary:
Fannie Lane talks about working before and during the war. She describes working in a bag plant in Charlestown, Indiana that was initially segregated, but which intermixed the workforce over time. (She worked making bags for gunpowder.) She discusses opportunities for work after the war, as well as motivation for working during the war.
Topic(s):
World War, 1939-1945--Women, Women--Employment--United States