Submitter's First Name
Oakland Grove
Mill Employee First Name
Rita
Mill Employee Last Name
Bellerose
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Woonsocket, RI
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Bonin Spinning
Job Title 1
Winder
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1934
Mill Employee End Date 1
1949
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
L'Ecole Precious Blood
Mill Employee House Worship
Precious Blood Church
Biography Text
Rita was one of three children. She began working at 15 in the Bonin Spinning Mill as a winder and stayed there until it closed. She married when she was 19 and now has 16 grandchildren.