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Interview with Etta G. Harvey [Sound Recording 01]
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- 1981-05-28 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:30:10
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Etta G. Harvey, nee Etta G. Toering, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1912. In 1930, she and John F. Frey were married. They had one child and later divorced in 1939. During World War II, she worked as a burner at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. She had a brief marriage with Harold Morris, from 1941 to 1943, and in 1944, she remarried, to Clarence L. Harvey. She died in 1985.
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Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Etta G. Harvey was conducted by Sandy Polishuk at Harvey's home in Portland, Oregon, on May 28, 1981. In this interview, Harvey discusses her early life in Portland, including her first marriage to John F. Frey and early job as a waitress, then describes how she came to work as a burner at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. She also talks about her marriage to Clarence L. Harvey in 1944. She describes her job duties, shares her experiences as a woman worker in the shipyards, and talks about her wages. She describes the dangers of the job, as well as her own work-related injuries. She talks about her son's education, career, and family. She speaks about working as a waitress after the end of the war, and reflects on the most challenging aspects of working alongside men in the shipyard. She closes the interview by sharing her thoughts on the women's liberation movement.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- English
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- Shipbuilding industry--Oregon--Portland
- World War, 1939-1945--Women--Oregon--Portland
- Women--Employment--Oregon--Portland
- Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation—Employees
- Henry J. Kaiser Company—Employees
- Kaiser Company (Portland, Or.)--Employees
- Kaiser Company, Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.)--Employees
- Commercial Iron Works (Portland, Or.)--Employees
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- Polishuk, Sandy (Contributor)