Submitter's First Name
Friendly's Nursing Home
Mill Employee First Name
Doris
Mill Employee Last Name
Brouder
Mill Employee Maiden Name
Boulet
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Woonsocket, RI
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Corning Glass
Job Title 1
Twister/Winder
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1954
Mill Employee End Date 1
1970
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Woonsocket Rubber Co.
Job Title 2
Sneaker Production Line
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1970
Mill Employee End Date 2
1975
Mill Employee Workplace 3
Corning Glass
Job Title 3
Key Puncher
Mill Employee Start Date 3
1977
Mill Employee End Date 3
1989
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
Woonsocket Middle School
Biography Text
Doris married at 21 and had 2 children. She and her husband both worked at Corning which was right across the street from their home. They would work opposites shifts so the children were never alone. After being laid off by Corning, Doris worked for Uniroyal until it closed. She earned her GED and graduated from keypunch school. She returned to Corning in 1977 moving to South Carolina with them and stayed with them until 1989. She retired to Florida for 25 years until returning to Woonsocket.