by Sears Homes | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized |
While little is known about the men who worked at Penniman, even less is known about the women of Penniman, and yet, the majority of the workforce at DuPont’s 37th munitions plant were women. Loading TNT powder into 75mm and 155mm shells was a nasty bit of...
by Sears Homes | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized |
A delightful anecdote from 1921 tells us that, when the Penniman houses were shipped to Norfolk, some of the workers went into one of the houses – as it made the slow 36-mile trek across the water – and made a full breakfast, using the oil cook stove in...
by Sears Homes | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The truly patriotic women are willing to work in the booster plants. Do not come for the money only. The compensation is not commensurate with the hazards. So wrote Sadie Bowers, who left her home and family in Newberry, SC in 1918 to work at the WW1-era munitions...
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