Ruth Edwards speaking about her experiences as a Rosie the Riveter (Courtesy of Anne Montague)
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October 18 2018
In this interview, Ruth speaks about her upbringing in West Virginia. She also reflects on her
duties as an expediter at a battleship steel factory, and how this work changed her views on jobs and education. Ruth discusses her late husband’s World War II experiences, from his capture by the Japanese and his experience on the Bataan Death March to his miraculous survival and escape. She concludes the interview by speaking about her own influences from high school and how they have shaped her career and core values.
duties as an expediter at a battleship steel factory, and how this work changed her views on jobs and education. Ruth discusses her late husband’s World War II experiences, from his capture by the Japanese and his experience on the Bataan Death March to his miraculous survival and escape. She concludes the interview by speaking about her own influences from high school and how they have shaped her career and core values.
Digital
1h 10m 26s
Ruth Edwards, 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.
Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, NA [38.34982,-81.63262] [id:4801859]Hamlin, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, NA [38.2787,-82.10292] [id:4807976]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Women iron and steel workers
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
oral histories (literary works)
Women iron and steel workers
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American