Interview of former cigar workers Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette S. Oksa

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Description:

Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette Oksa talk about their lives, families, and their work in a cigar factory in Detroit, Michigan. They also discuss being born in Poland and emigrating to the U.S., their education, their union activity, race relations in Detroit neighborhoods and in the workplace, and the Polish community in Detroit.

Date Issued:

1981-02-09T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, United States, and Detroit (Mich.)

Subject Topic:

Family, Family, Cigar makers, Cigar industry, Labor unions, Polish people, Emigration and immigration, and Race relations

Subject Name:

Piwkowski, Helen, Oska, Jeannette S., 1911-2009, Piwkowski, Helen, Oska, Jeannette S., and 1911-2009

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5tq5sq6b