Day In The Life ~ Louise Pearlie by Sarah R. Shaber

My name is Louise Pearlie. I believe we’ve already met, back when I first arrived in Washington, DC, in January of 1942. Two years have passed, two years that have changed me forever. I was an unemployed widow, dependent on my parents, when the war came. I found...

A Day in the Life with Louise Pearlie by Sarah R. Shaber

My first boss, the manager of the Wilmington Shipbuilding Company, once said to me, ‘Louise, you ain’t like most women. You know how to keep your mouth shut.’ I did, too. I didn’t remind him that the last three employees he’d fired for talking too much about their...