NHF_WC_2016_Wright_Martha
2016 June 15
Martha Wright grew up near Rock Hall, Maryland, and was 16 when the war started in 1941. She moved to different places for work and lived in Chester, Pennsylvania during the war - working at a shipyard. She gives insight into daily life during the war by discussing her education, family, and the places where she lived.
Digital
English
48m 33s
Martha Wright, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland
Interview was recorded by Simon Belcher, Nicole Curtin, Emily Holt, and Joseph Swit for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project
Rock Hall, Kent, Maryland, United States, NA [39.13817,-76.23495] [id:4367081]Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, NA [39.84967,-75.35707] [id:4557137]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
Shipbuilding--United States--History
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Oral histories
oral histories (literary genre)
Shipbuilding--United States--History
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American