This oral history interview with Virginia I. Larson was conducted by Madeline Moore at Larson’s home in Estacada, Oregon, on April 12, 1981. In this interview, Larson discusses her family background and early life in North Dakota, and shares her family’s experience during the Depression. She describes how she came to work as a machinist at the Kaiser shipyards in Portland, Oregon, during World War II, and shares her experiences as a woman worker. She talks about her job duties, discusses her machinist training, and describes the protective clothing she wore. She talks about the people she worked with, about the dangers of the job, and about her typical daily activities. She speaks about her life after the end of the war, and shares her thoughts about the women’s liberation movement.