![Y-12 Calutron Girls](https://oakridgetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/y-12-calutron-girls.jpg)
Women enriching uranium in calutrons at Y-12 as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. This is the “Calutron Girls†photograph by Manhattan Project photographer Ed Westcott.
Join National Park Service staff for an interpretive program on women of the Manhattan Project at the American Museum of Science and Energy on Saturday, July 29.
The Manhattan Project National Historical Park will present the free program at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 29.
“The program will outline the life for women before, during, and after World War II,” a press release said. “Come learn about the women of the project and how they shaped the nation for future generations.” [Read more…]