| Title: |
Agnes Budilovsky
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Labor History: Garment Workers
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| Description: |
Agnes Budilovsky, ACWA activist in Chicago, was raised in a Polish neighborhood, where her family owned their own home and a tavern. She went to work when she was fourteen. Her sisters were already in the union and she had no hesitancy joining the 1915 strike and organizing. In the 1920s, she was elected as a Delegate to the National Conventions of ACWA.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Budilovsky, Agnes
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Retail worker
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1914-1976
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1914-1976; Chicago, IL; Illinois; Labor unions; Labor unions--Organizing; Labor unions--Political activity; North America; Oral history; Political activists; United States; Work and family; Work environment
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035172-38740
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