For years, the women kept mum about their role in the secret government facility on campus, long after the facility was closed and declassified. After four years of conversations, they finally agreed to share their stories. Here, they explain how they stepped into jobs with top-secret clearances when their government asked them to maintain the operational readiness of a facility that would be used in a disaster they hoped would never come.
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The story is firmly rooted to the campus and these alumnae, but it's also contextualized within a larger story in U.S. history. It's a good example of an alumni story that does just what it set out to do.
