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

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