The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. “Girls of the Manhattan Project” was a panel of the “70th Anniversary of the Manhattan Project” symposium held at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. This reading group guide for The Girls of Atomic City includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Denise Kiernan. Denise Kiernan, author of The Girls of Atomic City, moderated. Karle spoke about her experience as a chemist for the metallurgy laboratory at the University of Chicago, working on the element plutonium. Lane spoke about her time as nurse in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the various happenings at Oak Ridge that affected her life. Book Preview: 'The Girls of Atomic City' by Denise Kiernan By published 18 March 2014 At the dawn of the atomic age, the community of Oak Ridge, Tenn., rose up around the secret. T20:00:19-04:00 Rosemary Lane and Isabelle Karle, veterans of the Manhattan Project, spoke about their different experiences with the project and the various opportunities it provided for them and other women in the 1940s.
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