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Analysis Of The Girls Of Atomic City By Denise Kiernan

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On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This new weapon was what brought the second world war to an end. In the book The Girls Of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan, It tells the story of the bomb's creation through the eyes of 9 women whom unknowingly helped create the most devastating instrument of war known to man. Each of these 9 women worked and lived in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (A city created for the project). This book really gave me a better understanding of all the work and effort put into The Project. These women had to work and live in a place with no history or community. They left home in search for jobs and ended up working on a Gadget they knew nothing about. "Everything's
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