Hi, Sourdough, My mother was one who left rural Oklahoma during the war to work in the shipyards in Portland, Ore. while my dad was fighting in the European theater. I don't know that she'll be much of a source as she always turned up her nose at "that twangy, nasal country stuff." She used her time in Portland to study at the Portland Music Conservatory and could easily have had a career in music -- just a lovely, lovely voice. Then my dad came back from the war and all his family in Oklahoma wanted him back closer to home. My mother still has the letter they wrote him saying that he could make her come back because she was a "good wife and she'll follow you if you just get yourself back here..." So much for her dreams and aspirations.

I love the idea of honoring the Homefront workers. This is such an amazing time in U.S. history.

Anyway, I'll ask Mom if she remembers any of the music from back then, on the off chance that some got past her snob radar...

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