Grace Peabody – An attractive woman who is an unpleasant, mean-spirited gossip. Lillian has overcome a traumatic childhood to become a respected, organized, and empathetic woman. Lillian Walsh – the wife of the Commanding Officer and mother to four children. Meanwhile, Millie is also keeping a secret… She also becomes friends with the Commanding Officer’s wife, Lillian. (Think Rosie the Riveter) Millie befriends the Italian cook at the cafeteria, a much needed ally, since her sister Ruth barely acknowledges her existence. She gets a job in the armory ‘shops’, where she assembles triggers for the Army M1 Garand rifles. When Lenny left her and their two-year-old son destitute, Millie moved from Brooklyn to Springfield to live with her estranged sister. Ruth holds a devastating secret… Millie Fein – Married to Lenny, a handsome wastrel, who can’t hold down a job and owes money to some unsavory people. No where was this more evident that in the eyes of their parents. Her beauty and popularity seemed to outshine Ruth who was more plain, the studious one, the responsible one.
Ever since her younger sister Millie was born, Ruth has fallen into the shadow of Millie.
All her life Ruth has felt to be something of an outsider. Ruth Blum – Married to Arthur, an MIT graduate who works overseeing arms assembly, Ruth now lives on the Springfield Armory campus, in a house for officer’s wives.
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