Doris Bier was born in 1927 in Chehalis, Washington. Much of her early childhood was taken over by illness, and as a result she was often out of school. In high school, Bier started and led a girls’ woodshop class. At age sixteen, she applied to work in mechanics at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington, where she remained until eventually returning to high school and graduating at age nineteen. In this interview, Bier discusses her difficulties in school as a result of illness, conflicts with teachers, working at Fort Lewis as a young girl, Japanese American incarceration, and discrimination and racism toward Japanese Americans and African Americans.
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Doris Bier: Rosie the Riveter WWII American Home Front Oral History Project
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