Kaarina Lucas Underground Iron Mining Oral History Interview (Part 1 of 2)

This oral history interview is one of several on underground iron mining conducted by researcher Mary Tippett Andes for her book "The Last Generation Underground." Kaarina Korpi Lucas (1922-2013) was born near Ishpeming, MI to Matt Korpi and Hilda Wiipola. She was the wife of miner William Lucas. Lucas describes life in rural Ishpeming as the daughter of a miner at Barnum Mine, growing up on a farm during the Depression, joining the Navy WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service] program in college, marrying William Lucas and being the wife of a miner, and general life in the mid-twentieth century. (External source of biographical information: Kaarina Lucas Obituary, https://www.miningjournal.net/obituaries/2013/08/kaarina-lucas/)