Mill Talk: The Stories of Women War Workers at Raytheon 1941-1945, From Suffragette to War Worker – and Military Ranks open to Women
presented by Chet Michalak, Raytheon historian and archivist
FREE to the Public
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The Suffragette movement ends the 100-year struggle for Women’s Rights in 1920 and is followed by a home front effort that dramatically increases the ranks of female war workers. The call goes out for women workers by recruitment posters, newspaper and radio ads.
Speaker Bio:
Chet Michalak, Principal Technical Support Engineer with honors with thirty-eight years at Raytheon. In 1977 he joined the U.S. Army 3/2nd Armored Cavalry followed by a tour with the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Chet became Raytheon’s volunteer company historian and archivist after studying with the previous historian Mr. Norman Krim.
Links:
Raytheon Historian Archivist - YouTube
Halfway point intermission musical tribute to women workers.
Mill Talks at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation are free and open to the public and are made possible by the generous support of the Lowell Institute.
