MIMI MEJAČ – Washington D.C.
Her story begins with her childhood in New York at the time of the Great Depression (1930–1940), and continues with her life in Washington after World War Two and her activities in the Washington branch of the Slovenian Women Union of America, which was founded in 1926 and which is still active.
The interview was recorded at her home in Washington, D.C., in 2002.
Recorded and edited by Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik
Photos by Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik and Joe Valenčič
Marie Prisland, the founder of the Slovenian Women Union of America (SWUA) – a portrait and her writing table are in the SWUA museum in Joliet
Invitation to join Slovenian Women Union
