NHF_BNYDC_2007_Hill_Pearl_Marg
Brooklyn Navy Yard
February 20 2007
In this interview, Pearl details her work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a shipfitter in Building 4
and her later role in the mold loft after an injury. She fondly remembers her friends at the Navy
Yard, seeing them in passing on Sands Street and working alongside other married and
unmarried women as welders. Pearl also speaks about working the graveyard shift, writing to her husband, what she wore to work, and her longtime friendship with Sidonia “Sid” Kessler Levine.
and her later role in the mold loft after an injury. She fondly remembers her friends at the Navy
Yard, seeing them in passing on Sands Street and working alongside other married and
unmarried women as welders. Pearl also speaks about working the graveyard shift, writing to her husband, what she wore to work, and her longtime friendship with Sidonia “Sid” Kessler Levine.
Digital
English
1h 20m 15s
Pearl Margolis Hill, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Jennifer “Jenny” Egan through the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
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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