Female workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard carrying supplies (Courtesy of Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Archives)
NHF_BNYDC_2007_Ford_Lucille
Brooklyn Navy Yard
December 11 2007
In this oral history, Lucille focuses on social life at the Navy Yard and the close friendships she
formed during the three years she worked there. Lucille discusses the ethnic backgrounds and interactions between the female workers in Building 77 by sharing stories like those about
Jewish friend who wanted to visit Harlem and how her mother made greens when she visited.
Throughout the interview, Lucille reflects on race, family, and the professional and social world
of women during World War II.
formed during the three years she worked there. Lucille discusses the ethnic backgrounds and interactions between the female workers in Building 77 by sharing stories like those about
Jewish friend who wanted to visit Harlem and how her mother made greens when she visited.
Throughout the interview, Lucille reflects on race, family, and the professional and social world
of women during World War II.
Digital
English
1h 15m 10s
Lucille "Lou" Ford, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Sady Sullivan and Jennifer “Jenny” Egan through the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States, NA [40.70621,-73.61874] [id:5120478]Harlem, New York, New York, United States, NA [40.80788,-73.94542] [id:5120034]Bronx County, Bronx County, New York, United States, NA [40.82732,-73.92357] [id:5110253]Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, NA [40.6501,-73.94958] [id:5110302]
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American