Photo of Wilodeen Brady (Courtesy of Anne Montague)
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June 10 2016
In this interview, Wilodeen Brady speaks about her childhood in West Virginia. She discusses
her brief work as a waitress in Baltimore until she turned eighteen and acquired a job at Eastern Aircraft. She details her time as a riveter learning the job process, the mandatory dress code, and the importance of her work. Wilodeen also shares a story about her riveting partner’s drill accidentally piercing a hole through her thumb. She discusses determination and ends the interview with advice to young women today.
her brief work as a waitress in Baltimore until she turned eighteen and acquired a job at Eastern Aircraft. She details her time as a riveter learning the job process, the mandatory dress code, and the importance of her work. Wilodeen also shares a story about her riveting partner’s drill accidentally piercing a hole through her thumb. She discusses determination and ends the interview with advice to young women today.
Digital
1h 13m 7s
Wilodeen Brady, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Anne Montague through Thanks! Plain and Simple for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Leachtown, Wood, West Virginia, United States, NA [39.14202,-81.44318] [id:4811663]Baltimore County, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, NA [39.44307,-76.61632] [id:4347790]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
oral histories (literary works)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American