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Interview with Mary T. Bucher (Interview 7) [Sound Recording 03]
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- 1976-02-14 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:14:42
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Mary Teresa Bucher, nee Grey, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1918. She was married after high school, but divorced soon after. In 1937, she came to Portland, Oregon. In 1942, she become a welder in the Kaiser shipyards after attending welding school for half a year. In 1943, she and Sherman Datus Bucher were married. She raised six children and was also briefly known as Mary Teresa Berney. She died in 2013.
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Tape 3, Side 1. In this interview, Mary T. Bucher describes her experience working as a welder at the Kaiser shipyards. She talks about her training; describes the work environment at the shipyards; and talks about her relationship with her coworkers. She also discusses meeting her husband, Sherman Datus Bucher, while working in the shipyards. She talks about raising a family and about the jobs she worked after quitting her job as a welder. She closes the interview by reflecting on her experiences as a woman worker in the shipyards.
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Joint copyright for audio recordings in the collection is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the estates of each interviewee. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
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- English
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- Skold, Karen Beck (Contributor)