„And she helped four thousand people become citizens of the United States” - Christine Przybyła-Long Cover Image

„And she helped four thousand people become citizens of the United States” - Christine Przybyła-Long
„And she helped four thousand people become citizens of the United States” - Christine Przybyła-Long

Author(s): Joanna Wojdon
Subject(s): History, Civil Society, Diplomatic history, Oral history, Political history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: United States of America;Polish Americans;WWI;WWII;immigration;Chicago;Polish American Congress;

Summary/Abstract: Christine Przybyła-Long is one of the 9 milion Americans of Polish ori¬gins living in the United States. Her descendatns came to Chicago during the mass migration from the turn of 20th century and she was born there in 1931. In her account Christine Przybyła-Long tells about her childhood and a life of a family belonging to the “Old Polonia”. She gives a lot of at-tention to the situation of Poles who migrated to the United States after WWII and to her own political involvement into Polish American affairs after 1990, that was crucial in the case of granting four thousand people american visas.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 133-158
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English