At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 resident
s, and consumed more electricity than New York City, yet it was shrouded in such
secrecy that it did not appear on any map. Thousands of civilians, many of them
young women from small towns across the U.S., were recruited to this secret cit
y, enticed by the promise of solid wages and war-ending work. What were they act
ually doing there? Very few knew.
