Joan Rosenberg Kovachi being interview in her home in Ontario, New York (Photo Credit: Celeste Schantz Kovachi)
NHF_NPL_2018_Kovachi_Joan_Rose
Newark Public Library
May 3 2018
In this oral history, Joan remembers hearing President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s announcement of American entry into the war on the radio. She also recalls memories of her father’s work as a Merchant Marine on the Great Lakes during World War II. Joan further remembers her aunts
enjoying their factory work, but being forced to relinquish their jobs when the men returned from war.
enjoying their factory work, but being forced to relinquish their jobs when the men returned from war.
Digital
32m 1s
Joan Rosenberg Kovachi, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Celeste Schantz Kovachi through Newark Public Library for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Ontario, Ontario, New York, United States, NA [42.85285,-77.29982] [id:5129891]Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, NA [41.85003,-87.65005] [id:4887398]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Newark Public Library
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States
Newark Public Library
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States